The Condemned Of Altona Character Analysis

In The Condemned of Altona, there is the internal and external conflict of free will and whether or not it can be controlled by a person. Father, the patriarch, father of three, and an almost too true to be a real businessman, is shown as someone how follows society and loves money and power. Franz, the eldest son, said to be dead, is an ex-soldier who despised the Nazis, enlisted in the Russian army and later the American army, but lives life thinking what he done was right, but later feeling the guilt as would his father. Werner, the second son, new heir to the family business, is not a typical business man, but a lawyer, and sees others as equal rather than being superior to them; however, shows he wants his father’s approval on many …show more content…
Father who runs the family business, intended for his Franz to take it over in the future; however due to his son’s “death” and his soon death, he has to force Werner to take over the business. As mentioned, Father intended his eldest son to take over the family business when he was old enough, therefore, training him to be a CEO; however Franz surely became CEO material, was also had more of a conscience than his father—proving it in his early days of young adulthood. Father, in his dying days, hopes to rekindle his relationship with his eldest son, while also denying that it was wrecked, by sending his daughter, then daughter-in-law to talk with Franz. Father, somewhat surprised at his new daughter-in-law strength and independence, sees her as a potential suitor for his eldest son rather than his second son, and had hidden intentions of her to pursue Franz in a romantic way, rather than a family or friendly way. In Act III, Father uses Johanna 's new found love for Franz as a way to pursue her to keep her oath while also making her think that he intended Werner 's oath to break in Franz death. Father, while he and Franz discuss the possibility of suicide, asks Franz to forgive him for trying to make Franz himself while figuring out that the firm can run itself and would not need another owner who runs it. While Father and Franz discussed Franz ' guilty crime, Father mentions "loser wins", which suggests many things, for example, Germany intended to win the war and up their economy; however, lost the war yet upped their economy. During his final moments, Father says, "I am the shadow of a cloud. A sudden shower, and then the sun will light the place where I lived. To hell with it. Winner losers. I built the firm that is destroying us. There is nothing to regret." (p. 175). Father suggests that not only do losers win, but winners lose, and in his case: he built a good company which would run