The 'Not..but' technique lets the audience know that the character has many difference choices during the performance, they may differ from what the text is telling them to do and going with what the actor feels is right. It shows the audience that life is much more complicated and layered than what it's usually made out to be, Brecht uses this in his approach to theatre to get the audience questioning how and why thubgs end up the way they are.
During a group exercise we performed a scene from 'the Caucasian chalk circle' and each time we had to make a different decision. Tj one time decided to protect his child, however the next time he decided to save his possessions.
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