A LEVEL GERMAN
Max Frisch: Andorra
Analysieren Sie die Darstellung des Doktors in diesem Schauspiel. Wie beeinflusst er die Handlung?
Possible content • Der Doktor is essentially a comic character with exaggerated mannerisms. • He
displays an arrogance and a superiority over his fellow Andorrans. • However, he is barely competent,
checking Andri’s throat using a kitchen spoon. • His overtly anti-Semitic views represent institutionalised
racism. • He is flustered when he learns that Andri is a Jew, but hardly apologetic. • His misguided
assurances betray an ignorance of reality. • At the Judenschau we see his cowardice. • His grovelling
praise of the Judenschau and die Schwarzen is laughable. • The episode of his missing shoes contrasts
poignantly with Andri’s shoes. • His comment on Jews “Sie sind nicht zu ändern” has a tragic echo in his
words at the Judenschau: “Wenn die Judenschau vorbei ist, bleibt alles wie bisher.”
Inwiefern tragen Ihrer Meinung nach alle Andorraner die Verantwortung für Andris
Schicksal? Begründen Sie Ihre Antwort
Possible content
Almost all the Andorraner are condemned in the Vordergrundszenen.
They vainly try to exculpate themselves for their treatment of Andri.
The Wirt, Tischler, Geselle and Jemand all adopt a similar tone, in contrast to their actions.
The Doktor is clearly still anti-Semitic.
The Soldat offers no contrition at all for his treatment of Barblin and of Andri.
None of the three women betrays Andri.
The Lehrer committed the initial and fatal betrayal by labelling his own illegitimate son a
Jewish foundling.
The Lehrer treats his son poorly, simply to preserve his own social standing. The Lehrer hangs
himself in the end.
Only the Pater frankly admits his guilt and cowardice.
To some extent he redeems himself. Others do not.
Warum findet Andri es unmöglich, seine wahre Identität zu akzeptieren?
, Possible content
Andri believes that he is a Jewish foundling, rescued from the anti-Semitic Schwarzen.
His real identity is fatally concealed.
He becomes the victim of the anti-Semitic Andorraner.
His treatment by some characters lead him to believe that he is a Jew.
He interprets the Lehrer’s refusal to let him marry Barblin, his half-sister, as antiSemitism.
The Mutter persuades the Pater to get Andri to accept his Jewishness.
As the real barrier to the marriage emerges, the Pater tries to explain to him that he is an
Andorraner, like everyone else.
Andri has been so conditioned that he refuses to accept this new truth.
It is too late to prevent Andri being blamed for the murder of the Senora, his real mother.
When the Schwarzen invade, Andri is already the pre-selected victim, of the Schwarzen and
the Andorraner.
Analysieren Sie die Rolle von Barblin in diesem Stück. Wie beeinflusst sie die Handlung?
„Was du getan hast, tut kein Vater.“ Wie stehen Sie zu dieser Aussage von Andri?
Welche Figuren – außer Andri und Barblin – sind Ihrer Meinung nach von besonderer
Bedeutung? Erklären Sie warum. Sie können die folgenden Stichpunkte benutzen:
• der Lehrer
• der Tischler
• der Soldat
Max Frisch: Andorra
Analysieren Sie die Darstellung des Doktors in diesem Schauspiel. Wie beeinflusst er die Handlung?
Possible content • Der Doktor is essentially a comic character with exaggerated mannerisms. • He
displays an arrogance and a superiority over his fellow Andorrans. • However, he is barely competent,
checking Andri’s throat using a kitchen spoon. • His overtly anti-Semitic views represent institutionalised
racism. • He is flustered when he learns that Andri is a Jew, but hardly apologetic. • His misguided
assurances betray an ignorance of reality. • At the Judenschau we see his cowardice. • His grovelling
praise of the Judenschau and die Schwarzen is laughable. • The episode of his missing shoes contrasts
poignantly with Andri’s shoes. • His comment on Jews “Sie sind nicht zu ändern” has a tragic echo in his
words at the Judenschau: “Wenn die Judenschau vorbei ist, bleibt alles wie bisher.”
Inwiefern tragen Ihrer Meinung nach alle Andorraner die Verantwortung für Andris
Schicksal? Begründen Sie Ihre Antwort
Possible content
Almost all the Andorraner are condemned in the Vordergrundszenen.
They vainly try to exculpate themselves for their treatment of Andri.
The Wirt, Tischler, Geselle and Jemand all adopt a similar tone, in contrast to their actions.
The Doktor is clearly still anti-Semitic.
The Soldat offers no contrition at all for his treatment of Barblin and of Andri.
None of the three women betrays Andri.
The Lehrer committed the initial and fatal betrayal by labelling his own illegitimate son a
Jewish foundling.
The Lehrer treats his son poorly, simply to preserve his own social standing. The Lehrer hangs
himself in the end.
Only the Pater frankly admits his guilt and cowardice.
To some extent he redeems himself. Others do not.
Warum findet Andri es unmöglich, seine wahre Identität zu akzeptieren?
, Possible content
Andri believes that he is a Jewish foundling, rescued from the anti-Semitic Schwarzen.
His real identity is fatally concealed.
He becomes the victim of the anti-Semitic Andorraner.
His treatment by some characters lead him to believe that he is a Jew.
He interprets the Lehrer’s refusal to let him marry Barblin, his half-sister, as antiSemitism.
The Mutter persuades the Pater to get Andri to accept his Jewishness.
As the real barrier to the marriage emerges, the Pater tries to explain to him that he is an
Andorraner, like everyone else.
Andri has been so conditioned that he refuses to accept this new truth.
It is too late to prevent Andri being blamed for the murder of the Senora, his real mother.
When the Schwarzen invade, Andri is already the pre-selected victim, of the Schwarzen and
the Andorraner.
Analysieren Sie die Rolle von Barblin in diesem Stück. Wie beeinflusst sie die Handlung?
„Was du getan hast, tut kein Vater.“ Wie stehen Sie zu dieser Aussage von Andri?
Welche Figuren – außer Andri und Barblin – sind Ihrer Meinung nach von besonderer
Bedeutung? Erklären Sie warum. Sie können die folgenden Stichpunkte benutzen:
• der Lehrer
• der Tischler
• der Soldat
