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Arms and the Man as an Anti-Romantic Comedy
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George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Arms and the Man’ is a thought provoking anti-romantic comedy. Shaw has exposed and ridiculed the hollowness of romantic love and the heroic ideals of war in this play. He criticized the romantic notion of various sectors of life- love, soldiering and war in the play. He is witty but at the same time, he is thought provoking. No doubt, the purpose of the dramatist is to make his readers see the truth about love, war and soldiering.
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In the very beginning of the play, a romantic picture is set. Raina, a girl, stands on her balcony to enjoy the beauty of the Bulgarian night. When Raina’s mother, Catherine, tells Raina that her fiancé, Sergius, made a heroic cavalry charge and win a splendid victory against the Serbians, Raina becomes very excited and tells her mother that her ideas about war turned out to be true. Afterwards, when Sergius returns from the front, she adoringly called him a ‘hero’ and ‘king’. Sergius also addresses Raina as his ‘queen’ and his ‘inspiration’ behind his heroic deed. So, both Raina and Sergius are living in a world of higher love. Their idea about war is also romantic.