ARMAS AND THE MAN
-PLAY BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
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Arms and the Man is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid, in Latin: Arma virumque cano ("Of arms and the man I sing")
Arms and the Man is a humorous play that shows the futility of war and deals comedically with the hypocrisies of human nature.The play was first produced on 21 April 1894 at the Avenue Theatre and published in 1898 as part of Shaw's Plays Pleasant volume, which also included Candida, You Never Can Tell, and The Man of Destiny.
CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY:
Raina Petkoff - Prategonist of the play,A Daughter of Welthy Petkoff, fiancy of Sergius
Sergius Saranoff -Raina’s fiancé, and the hero of the Battle of Slivnitza.
Captain Bluntschli - Swiss mercenary fighting for the Serbs
Catherine Petkoff - Mother of Raina, matriarch of the Petkoff household
Major Paul Petkoff - Head of the Petkoff family, and Raina’s father.
Louka - The Petkoffs’ female servant
Nicola - Head male servant of the Petkoff
Questions for Examination
Character sketch of Captain Bluntschli.
Character sketch of Sergius.
Character sketch of Looka.
Cetral theme of the 'Arms and the Man'
G. B. Show as a dramatist.
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