The Devil and the Good Lord
- The Devil and the Good Lord
"The Devil and the Good Lord" (1951) is a play by French philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre. The play concerns the moral choices of its characters, warlord Goetz, clergy Heinrich, communistic leader Nasti and others during the German Peasants' War. The first act follows Goetz' transformation from vicious war criminal to a "good" person of noble deeds, as during a siege of town Worms, he decides not to massacre its citizens. Sartre shows Goetz' transformation as a way to gain even more power, and to use "good" to enslave people.
References in Popular Culture
*In their song "Hands Held High", the raprock band Linkin Park references the following line from Sartre's play: "When the rich wage war, it is the poor who die." (Quand les riches se font la guerre, ce sont les pauvres qui meurent).
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