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Shaw presented various attitudes on society and politics. Both the plays Arms and the Man and Man and Superman presented the idea on family, marriage and sex. As George Bernard Shaw has an anti-Victorian attitude towards marriage, he portrays conventional courtship in a satiric way in Man and Superman. Read More
Settings and stage directions play vital role in Shaw’s plays. Shaw’s idea of class differences in the contemporary society is also portrayed in Arms and the Man through the very use of settings and stage directions. These social differences are one of the many social ills existing in the society that Shaw sharply identifies Read More
The play, Arms and the Man, not only reveals the hollowness of romantic love but also presents a matter-of-fact practical attitude towards marriage. The love between Raina and Sergius is based on old-fashioned notions of romance and chivalry. Usually, Raina’s attitude towards love was influenced by her reading of poetry of Byron and Pushkin and her visits to the opera. Read More
The progressive idea of Shaw has been mixed with the idea of Life Force and Superman. His progressivism not only depends on socialist economics but also in creating Superman. To Shaw, of all the forms of creation, none is as important as the creation of a living organism, and man will go on progressing, if only he can produce a better race. Read More
It should be noted that though Shaw is a pacifist, he is opposed not so much to war as to the so-called glorification of war. He urges that people should not weave a romantic crown around it, but know its grim and ugly truth. It is not an occasion for the display of valour or any other noble qualities. War is the coward’s art. Read More
As a committed socialist and dramatist, Bernard Shaw’s primary goal was to reform the existing social conditions and theatrical conventions by his works; he believed that any work of art should have a social function (McDonald 64). Conscious of the moral rottenness of the bourgeoisie and the evils of capitalism and poverty, Read More
This dissertation aims to explore Bernard Shaw’s social and political worldview as a progressive philosophical artist. This study focuses on only two particular plays Arms and the Man and Man and Superman. Both of these plays offer a variety of ideas on the socio-political issues. Read More
The relation of American husband and wife in ‘Cat in the Rain’ is not good. The theme of isolation in Hemingway’s short story, ‘Cat in the Rain’ is presented nicely. Though the he American wife in this short story is a lovely woman. Apparently, the short story ‘Cat in the Rain’ is about the desire … Read more
The use of symbolism or symbols in ‘Cat in the Rain’ by Ernest Hemingway is useful to understand the short story. There are four symbols in this short story. We are here going to discuss these symbols. A symbol is anything that signifies or stands for something else. Read More
Ernest Hemingway’s short story, ‘Cat in the Rain’ was first published in 1925, in the short story collection In Our Time. The story is a masterpiece by the author, which captures a few hours in the life of an American couple vacationing in Italy, commonly regarded as one of the romance capitals in the world. Read More