WOYZECK The wise saying goes , “They do not have enough money for the funeral rites God , let not the poor persons die ‘ Woyzeck is based on a true story . To meet the ends of justice , a poor person was executed for stabbing his wife , Marie , to death . This incident inspired Buchner to create an artistic masterpiece in the form of a drama . But not all the characters therein , are historical figures . Great personalities leave some or the other controversies behind them . Buchner is no exception . He died in 1837 even before giving the final shape to Woyzeck , and he left behind four unpolished manuscripts , that stand as witness to his creativity “Buchner suggests that , were they not poor and downtrodden ,Woyzeck and Marie might be as great as the biblical figures with which he associates them . His allusions to Christ and Mary only heighten the sense that Woyzeck and Marie ‘s shameful actions are not part of their nature but rather , products of an unjust social structure (Grade Saver ) They say , “God loves those who die young ‘ This seems to be true about George Buchner (1813-1837 .He died at the young age of 24 .He was born in the small own of Goddelau , in Hessen , Gemany . His father was a rationalist and a scientist . When he was undergoing medical training at Strasbourg in 1831 , he was secretly engaged to Minna Jaegle , the daughter of a pastor . From a political activist , his interest later turned to theatre .Woyzeck was his…