Homer E Woodbridge (1967) views Arms and the Man as an exposure of romantic nonsense about war and heroism. at the time as satirizing the conventions upon which it is based. A M Gibbs (1969) opines that Arms and the Man reveals evidence of Shaw’s developing powers as a dramatist in the remarkably skilful way in which he creates romantic drama. Pat M Carr (1976) argues that Arms and the Man is in part an anti-war play in which Shaw describes about the war with the help of modern romance. The present paper endeavors to display the two differentiating thoughts: Love and War in the extent of authenticity and patriotism.īernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man (1894) has been studied variously by the critics. These themes conveyed reality and an ageless lesson to the comic phase of the time. This play is a parody on the stupidity of praising war, and in addition on constructing affections in light of optimistic ideas of love. He satirizes admired thoughts of love and war in the comic drama. Shaw has demonstrated that it is the romance of war that prompts the romance of love. Through comedy, Shaw tries to exhibit the genuine picture of his time and society.
As we realize that literature is reflection of society, Shaw reflects the same beautifully in his works. He later on, built up his image as a hostile to romanticism in his general society. Shaw was viewed as a transcending figure of his time, delineated his society candidly for which he endured criticism in early days. In this paper we focus on Shaw's patriotism themes of love and war in Arms and the Man (1894), his fabulous romantic comic drama.
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