Essays on Arms and the Man

“One of them is a hero, another a buffoon, another a humbug, another perhaps a bit of a blackguard... And one, at least, is a cowardijealous, like all cowards.” This line from Arms and the Man summarizes Sergius’ place as ambiguous morally (particularly under the circumstances in this particular scene) but also ambiguous as a character. He is a parody of storybook heroes and therefore, more real than most dashing, young, heroic types in stories. Before the events of the…...

George Bernard Shaw was in many ways ahead of his time, specifically in terms of feminism Unlike many of the men of his time he believed in equal rights for men and women and also believed in the inherent equality of the sexes, Arms and the Man is a satirical play by George Bernard Shaw which not only examines and criticizes the artistic zeitgeist of his era and the social and economic structures prevalent during the time, but also on…...