what is the significance of the title of the play progress 4,5 lines
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Progress” by St. John Greer Ervine is a successful specimen of a one act play. It has not only a unity of theme (the abolition of war) the unities of time; place and action are also meticulously maintained. Thematically, “Progress” is written against the background of the First World War in which thousands were butchered and many more became disabled for life. It left many mothers childless and incredible number of widows and orphans. This insensible devastation has created diverse reactions in social thinking, and “Progress” by the Irish playwright St. John Greer Ervine is just the product of one of the strongest of these sentiments, namely the anti-war feeling of the post war modern age.
Through the basic conflict between two ideas- the point of view of the war mongering arm dealers (represented through the character of Proof. Corrie) and that of the peace loving universal mothers of our house (represented by Mrs. Meldon) the drama has also sufficiently exposed the motive behind wars –which is to perpetuate and extend the class interest the of the war –mongering imperialists and exploiters, who sit safe and secure –far behind the fighting lines, when the poor sacrifice their lives in the trenches. The conflict is finally resolved in favour of the latter point of view through the murder of Proof. Corrie-peace here affirms itself through a little violence; true progress, it seems,
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