Scene 5 p. 71 Illustrated Passage

from Brecht's Galileo

by Kenneth Lee


Things take indeed a wondrous turn
When learned men do stoop to learn.
Clavius, we are pleased to say,
Upheld Galileo Galilei.

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Project Synopsis

My animation shows Clavius symbolically walking over towards Galileo (to support him), and showing the learned men (members of the church) to stoop down, mainly looking down upon a book to learn. Galileo is represented by a tin soldier, Clavius by a snowman, and the learned men as chickens. I picked a castle as the best place for this scene, because scene 5 deals with members of the church, and the next best thing to a church that I could find was a castle.