Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
George Bernard Show (1856- 1950) - Coggle Diagram
George Bernard Show (1856- 1950)
after he has worked as agent's office he traveled to London in 1876
1884 he was a member of Fabian Society
interested in Ibsen: the first that introduced debate and discussion into his plays
The Quintessence of Ibsenism (1891): the theatre is used as a propaganda device
interested in social reform and socialist movement, involved in journalism and public speaking
1898 he got married an affluent Irish woman, he continued to wright playwriting only
1925 Nobel Prize of literature
his plays
plays unpleasant his first collection: dramatic power used to control spectators
Windower's houses (1882)
Mrs warrens' Profession(1898): problem of prostitusion
prostitusion is a job and many women were excluded, but its causes must be corrected
it was banned, but it was represented in a private theatre in 1902
Shaw wants to entertain and shock his audiences
Plays Pleasant points out crucial issues of the time
Arms and the man (18984)
Candida(1897)
Caesar and Cleopatra (1901)
Major Barbara (1905)
Pygmalion(1913): spoke about the manipulation of the individual and a criticism of the British class system
story about a professor of phonetic that wins a bet where in a few months he can turn an uneducated London flower-seller into a perfect lady
this story is about a reflection of social conventions
theatre of ideas and debates
characters follow ideas that sustain: action is subordinated to ideas
plot has a little importance and characters are mostly monthpieces
characteristics
paradoxes
puns
wit of the dialogues
in his later plays he used humour, his satire was sympathetic view of humanity
Mrs warren profession
plot:
in Surrey Warren(22 years old) was visited by her mother kittie that spent time with Crofts and Praed
after a conversation between Vivie and Praed Audience understand that Mrs Warren life isn't respectable
two character were introduced :Gardner ithat s in love with Vivie, and his father,
second act ended when Vinnie discovered Mrs Warren as a prostitute, it offers security and good conditions
last scene: girls understands that her mother still continues to manage a chain of brothels with Crofts. She decides to escape from the city in order to gain indipendence from her mother and her "unrespectable" source of income
themes
it is a provocative attack against prostitusion, it was seen as a good work in that kind of society, for example in act 2 they must work several hours of a day
wanted to reconsider the role of women in themiddle class society
relationship between Vinnie and her mother= relationship between a person and that kind of society (mirror)
Mrs warren self- deference
one evening Lizzie comes to Waterloo Station and ,asked her why she was wearing her health and appearance and lent her a little money to start on the streets until they have saved enough to open a high-class house.
As a woman from rhe slums, Warren smashes her daughter's bourgeois individualistic rationalism
Warren tells the story of her life