Die Aufgeregten

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Die Aufgeregten" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is a political drama written in 1793 under the impression of the coalition war against revolutionary France. This unfinished five-act fragment depicts a group of rural inhabitants planning an uprising against their landowners over feudal rights. Led by the vain and manipulative Breme von Bremenfeld, the rebels clash with a liberal-minded countess recently returned from revolutionary Paris. Goethe called it his "political creed of that time," documenting his nuanced view of revolution, tyranny, and justice during Europe's tumultuous era.