期刊名称：Lapis Lazuli : an International Literary Journal
电子版ISSN：2249-4529
出版年度：2013
卷号：3
期号：1
出版社：Pinter Society of India
摘要：G.B.Shaw.s Arms and the Man is based on the two realistic issues; romance and realism. These two themes have been welded into a single whole with great skill. The dramatist has tried to show that it is the romance of war that leads to the romance of love. Further the dramatist.s treatment of these two themes is characterized by realism. The contrast between realism and idealism is constantly stressed, and this results in a number of entertaining situations.Arms and the Man is an anti-romantic comedy dealing with the human real needs which surpass the chivalrous emotion. Though the play, primarily, focuses on the issues of war and love in dramatic manner, it brings out the real human emotions dominated by human logic which governs the human mind before it dwells into irrational sentiments and feelings which may result into starvation and suffering only. Shaw has brilliantly selected the characters belonging to opposite sexes who represent their own class. However, his treatment with the characters is so fair that the reader is spell bound to observe everything that relates to their personality
