A robber is the title of a drama of Friedrich Schiller. The work is divided into five document, which are divided in each case into two to five scenes. At present developed for fading away storm and urge, 1781 was published and on 13 January 1782 in Mannheim Into the first quarter 19. Century were not gangs of robbers and lawless ones in Germany anything unusual. The fate of the well-known robber captain Nikol cunning served literature historians to consequence partly than collecting main.

The core of the action is the conflict of the two brothers Karl and Franz moorland. On the side stands the intelligent and liberty-loving (later) robber Karl, who is loved by the father, on the other side of the coldly computing Franz moorland suffering from dear withdrawal, which is jealous on Karl and which wants to take over inheritance of its father. Central motive, which brings up for discussion Schiller in its work, is the conception of a conflict between law and liberty. Likewise the action of the work implies the negation of the proverb "the purpose sanctifies the means. "

The opera of the same name of Giuseppe Verdi (I Masnadieri) is based on Schillers drama.

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1. Act

The old moorland, prince of Franconias, has two sons. While the younger Franz lives at home, the successor to the throne Karl in the world roams himself. Franz, always enviously on the preferential brother, brings its father with a falsified message over Karl verfluchen this. From fear, the father could change its opinion, writes he the appropriate letter at Karl immediately.

At the same time this grumbles its remaining Kumpanen together with its friend mirror mountain about restraining arrives, receives to Karl the letter from Franz. it is deeply shaken, when he experiences that his loved father him offended. Mirror mountain comes meanwhile on the idea to create a gang of robbers in order to be able to be finally its own gentleman. The inspired friends persuade Karl to become their captain. Mirror mountain however is furious, because it did not become to erkoren in addition.

In the homeland Franz tries loving by lies over Karl, its, to win Amalia for itself in order to itself afterwards with it. That one checks up its plan however and shows it its dislike clearly.

2. Act

Franz, which would be gladly gentleman, considers itself a plan, in order to kill its father as inconspicuously as possible. He promises Hermann, a hybrid of a nobleman, the hand of the beautiful Amalia, if this tells in response the old moorland that its older son is dead Karl.

When count Moor of alleged death experiences his Erstgeborenen, it gives the debt and breaks down themselves. Since the count seems to be dead, Franz already sees itself on the throne and considers themselves its new policy, whereby already it appears that he will become a Tyrannen.

Karl lives meanwhile with his gang of robbers as their captain in a forest. Mirror mountain, one the robber, feels overreached by Karl and begins own trailers to collect. But loyalty to its captain renews itself with the remaining gang members, when they experience that Karl put saved and the city, which had condemned him to it to one of them, scooters, before the Galgen in debris and ash.

Also as the forest of a large number of soldiers and a Pater encircles the gang members will bring wants to deliver their captain as it them promises that their Schandtaten is assigned to them, stands it behind Karl and prefers honorable death in the fight the lost, bought life.

3. Act

Franz continues around the hand Amalias, the loving of Karl. Amalia refuses and accuses it of as a murderer. It threatens it to go and from it extract themselves into a monastery, because it wants to force it to the wedding. It decides, after it geohrfeigt it to make it its With a ruse she succeeds in to seize its sword and away-hunting it. When it decides itself to go into a monastery gentleman man appears and opens it that Karl and the old moorland still alive are.

Nearly all robbers survived the fight. After the triumph they rest at a river in the forest and regret its only loss, scooter. There they meet on Kosinsky, which wants to follow the gang. Karl is at first against the entry, but Kosinsky persuades him with the argument that they divide both to a certain extent a fate. Kosinskys loving is called also Amalia coincidental. Karl reminds of his homeland, and he breaks with the robbers on around her to see again.

4. Act

Karl reaches his homeland and kisses the earth. Memories of the childhood and youth become awake at the sight of the familiar environment in it. He disguises himself, spends themselves as a count von Brand and enters the lock.

Amalia accompanies the disguised Karl into the ancestor gallery, recognizes it however not. Franz however recognizes Karl and demands from the old servant Daniel that he kills Karl. Daniel, which is deeply would however not like to be consciences with a murder to load.

Karl gives himself to recognize thereafter Daniel, when an old scar at Karl is noticeable to that, and experiences from the plots of his brother. He would like to see again Amalia, before he wants to leave the lock without a thought at revenge.

Karl meets with Amalia in the garden of the lock. Only as the two the Hektorlied sing and Karl prematurely break off and away-fall, give he its real identity price.

When the gang is again under itself, mirror mountain doubts the position of the captain. He expresses the desire to become even head of the gang. Swiss ersticht it therefore. Later, in the night, Hermann comes into the forest, in order to supply the father moorland locked up in a tower secretly with meals. Karl notices this, frees him and recognizes him as his father, remains however even unidentified. It gives the order to Swiss to bring it Franz alive from the lock and so its father

5. Act

At the same night Franz a Albtraum troubles. After its awaking it meets the fleeing Daniel and has by this a minister called. In the discussion with the minister Franz its opinions and turns out by the Sticheleien of the minister in excitation. When Franz hears after the discussion of Swiss voice, he strangles himself from fear with its Hutschnur. Swiss, which cannot fulfill now its order any longer, shoots itself.

The robbers return with Amalia to Karl. Karl gives his identity to price and reveals that it is a robber captain. The old moorland dies. Amalia wants to live together again with Karl, but due to the oath of Karl opposite the robbers this is impossible. Amalia wants thereupon any longer not to live on and by Karl after long asking one kills. Karl, who sees that the life does not have a sense as a robber, goes to a poor so that this Karl of the law delivers and with the head money, which stands on Karl's head, its life and that can improve its family. Thus Karl recognizes nevertheless still his debt and does a last good act.

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