Compare and contrast Tevye with the title character in Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage; both characters struggle to survive in tough times and a harsh environment. Focus on their quests to support and guide their children.
Research the history of the Jews in turn of the century Russia. Why was tradition—a central theme in Fiddler on the Roof—so important to their way of life?
Read the short stories by Sholem Aleichem (1894's Tevye and His Daughters) that.....
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