Gerhart Hauptmann’s “Die Weber” (The Weavers) depicts the everyday life of a Silesian weaver family in the 19th century. Hunger, disease, and debt dominate their lives, while merchants continue to cut wages. Their growing desperation finally erupts in a collective uprising: the weavers march to the homes of the factory owners, destroy their property, and violently demand their rights. The play ends without heroes, in the midst of the chaos of rebellion.