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The play is often discussed alongside Hannah Arendt’s concept of the "banality of evil." Halder is not a monster; he is boring, slightly henpecked, and insecure. The play argues that evil triumphs not always through the actions of fanatics, but through the silence and compromise of ordinary, "good" people.

Halder’s student and later his mistress/wife, representing the youthful, idealistic energy that feeds into the Nazi movement.