human quality or with Bluntchli as an anti-hero or

Arms and the human nature itself. un heroic hero, who

man as a Conflict of his plays:
exposes the false romantic
ideas of war. He is radically
problem play Shaw’s character rational and logical in his
are always seen sitting actions and views about life.
Introduction: round a table and Instead of going to the
discussing this or that battlefield with arms and
Bernard Shaw was a ammunition, Bluntchli
problem. His plays lack
dramatist with a purpose. carefully loads his cartridge
physical conflict. In Arms
His purpose was to build up belt with chocolates.
and the Man , a battle is
a kingdom of heaven on the Bluntchli’s action poses a
being fought vigorously by
face of the earth. He question on morality of
both the sides. But we do
believes that God has wars. The love of the
not see anybody fighting
given us a beautiful world country that makes
there. When we dive deep
that nothing but our folly individuals such as Saranoff
in his plays, we find that his
keeps from being it a to kill and main his
plays do not lack conflict. In
paradise. People entertain ‘enemies’ but his love for
fact, he has replaced
airy notion and fantastic humanity and the
physical conflict by mental
emotion regarding all sacrosanct of life makes
conflict. That is why his
temporal things. He wants Bluntchli act otherwise.
characters fight a battle of
to drive out all these rotten Definitely, there will be
ideas with the help of logic
ideas from the mind of men problem to judge the
and argument. They try to
with the help of the west morality of wars for
defeat their opponent on
wind. That is why he took themselves.
the plane of mind. They are
up the current social
not independent of the
political problems as the Unconventional
author. It is truth that Shaw Resolution:
subject-matter of his plays.
expresses his ideas through
Shaw’s Problem plays: the mouth of his characters. Shaw deliberately
allows the war to end in a
He discussed the Arms and the Man: peace treaty to show that
problem of prostitution in Problem play:- there could be peaceful
“Mrs. Warren’s profession, alternatives to war and
Arms and the Man
London’s slum in violence. Like Catherine
is a critique on Serbo-
“Widower’s House”, the Petkoff, who is not happy at
Bulgarian War of 1885. In
profession of doctors in the peaceful resolution of
the play, Shaw attempts to
“Doctor’s Dilemma”, war the war, there are
satirize the romantic notion
and marriage in “Arms and expectations for spectacular
about war. A drama of
the man” and love and celebration of heroic victory
ideas concerns itself with
marriage in “Candida”. So after the enemies have
the problems of life-the
his plays are problem plays. been crushed. Again, this
maladies of society. Its
In fact his plays are more unconventional resolution
often called as problem
than problem plays. They qualifies the play as a
play. In the play Shaw
are concerned with innate problem play. Another
intentionally creates
social and controversial
issue raised in the play, Louka on the altar of a believer in realism Shaw
which qualifies it a material gain. The morality carefully ends the play with
representative of the genre of the quest for materialism a message that realism will
of problem play, is the issue becomes more complex always win over idealism.
of class. That’s poor when we discover that
oppressed and the affluent Catherine Petkoff only
oppressors. changes her mind and
acquiesces to Raina
Class struggle:- marrying Bluntchli only
Arms and the Man when she learns now rich
is a class struggle. The he is after his father’s
marriage between Raina death. Because of the
and Bluntchli, Louka and subtle relationship between
Saranoff leaves the class and wealth, Mrs.
debatable social issue of Petkoff wants her daughter
marriage and the right of a to mary man from an upper
woman to marry a man she class.
loves. Moreover, Louka Romanticism of love:
being desperate for an debatable:-
upper class does not waste
any time in agreeing to The romanticism of
marry Saranoff. As a love presented in the play is
technique in problem plays, also debatable. Both Raina
Shaw, attempts to impose a and Sergius Saranoff
relationship and connection courtship is not based on
between poverty and the true love but on societal
moral issue of materialism. status. Both Paul and
Catherine want their
Critique on Materialism:- daughter to marry Saranoff
The play is also a because of their idealized
critique on materialism notion of love. The love
which was the product of expressed here is not true
Industrial Revolution. love but a façade to meet
Because of his obsessed the moral standard of the
mental disposition to aristocratic society.
material wealth caused by Conclusion:-
poverty, Nicola,
acquiescence with Louka Thus the plot of the
her betrothed to marry play there by making it a
Bluntchli who has promised representative of problem
to employ him. Nicola’s plays. The plot begins with
action presents the social an exposition, followed by a
problem of materialism. complication, then a climax
Nicola sacrifices his love for and finally a resolution. As
 the river thames. Reasn of looked the two swans
Prothalamion his disappointment is he swimming in the river “Lee”
The poem expected high post and which was tributary river of
“Prothalamion” it’s a rewards from Queen’s Thames. The two swans
spousal versre. The word Court’s but it didn’t happen. were very purer like mount
Prothalamion we can divide It made him worry. In that pindus. The swans
two parts ‘pro’ which river side there were many whiteness made river shy
means before, thalamion flowers with multicolour. because waves of its won’t
which means wedding. All While he seeing the flowers pollute the beauty of swans.
over the word has a he thought that these Then he ended with line he
meaning a song which is beautiful flowers were very requesting the thames run
sung before the wedding. fit to in the hand of softly until he ended the
beautiful brides and poem.
The poem has some bridegrooms. Then he
mythological characters, ended the 1st stanza with a In the 4th stanza the
and we can say it’s a auto- poet says about swans
line Thames run softly and
biographical poem because sweetly until he end the beauty, the nymphs were
he says about his some very wondered about the
poem. He requesting the
personal incidents of thames to run softly till he swans, swans in the river
himself. Then he had made look a like divine creatures.
ended the poem.
some comparisons in this They like chariot in skies.
poem. In the 2nd stanza, They were very bright.
the poet says about the Then he ended the fourth
Theme of the poem beauty of nymphs which stanza, thames run softly
is celebration of marriage were all mythological until he ended the poem.
around the river thames. charaters they look like
In the 5th stanza, the
beautiful creatures their
The poet writes the poet says that, two nymphs
hair was greenish, their
poem to honour the double were made garland for
hands were very soft and
marriage which is going to swans spread the flowers
smooth fingers, they were
happen in the London. The upon them. That time the
collected the flowers which
poet sets the poem around river looks like mythological
were prim roses, tulips, and
the river thames each and river ‘pineus’ which flows
multicoloured beautiful
every incidents were through the valley Thessaly,
flowers. They carry that in
happened around the river. the surface of river looks
their baskets. The nymphs
might be divine spirits and like floor of bridal champer.
In the I stanza, poet
And the nymps were made
says it’s a fine and clam day, watery spirits. Then he
ended 2nd stanza to wreathe with the beautiful
the breezes were blowing
flowers. And the one nymp
softly and gentle with requesting Thames run
softly until he ended the sund the bridal song. Then
pleasant smell. This breezy
the poet ask the river
wind less the sun’s heat. poem.
thames to run softly and
Spencer says he was very
In the 3rd stanza, smoothly.
disappointed so that he
the poet says about nymphs
need some relief for his In the 6th stanza, the
amazed about the two
mind so he takes walk along poet says about the bridal
swans. The nymphs they
song, the song is about don’t want to spoil the The poet conclude
blessing the marriage occasion mood, so that he the poem he says very soon
couples. They should lead a turned his view to wedding the beautiful marriage
happy life with peace and atmosphere. Then the poet function is going to happen
prosperity and their ask the river thames to run in London. That happiness
generation will be blessed softly and smoothly until he will be spread all over the
with Venus and Cupid (God ended the song. places. Then he ended the
of love). Then the poet ask poem a line he requesting
the river to run softly and In the 9th stanza, he the thames to run softly
says about Earl of Essex, he
smoothly. until he ended the poem.
make many achievements
In the 7th stanza, the for England and Queen
poet says that other nymps Elizabeth. He was very bold
of the group gather and and brave. Then he ask the
sung the chorus, and many river thames to run softly
birds cheering up the two until he ended the poem.
swans. At that time the
swans were looking very In the 10th stanza,
the poet said about
bright like “Cynthia” moon
goddess. Then he ask the marriage couples, Lord
Essex came out from the
river thames to run softly
and smoothly until he end mansion he was look like
“Hespar” (bright evening
the poem.
star). Then among
In the 8th stanza, the poet courtiers, two handsome
said about his past life, the young knights were there,
two swans were reached they are, Henry Gilford and
London by swimming in the William Peter. They had
river, London it’s a city skills and talents, they
where Spencer born and his handsome too. They were
family lived. But now, his qualified to marry a
family didn’t live there. His beautiful princess, they
family was very famous walk along the river side of
with the name “Spencer Thames. They seems like
Althrope”. He remembered twin sons of Jupiter and
that the tower which was Leda. Knights walk with
occupied by Templar majesty like wise “castor”
knights and then its owned and “pollux” who were the
by students of law. There twin sons of Jupiter and
was a big palace near the Leda. At that time the
tower once upon a time Earl beautiful white swans
of Leicester. Leicester who changed in to two brides
was a patron of the poet. they are Lady Katherine and
He felt that after the Lady Elizabeth. They joined
Leicester there were to the knights as their
nobody to help him. But he bridegrooms.