CliffsNotes on Shaw's Pygmalion & Arms and the Man
Published on 18. December 1981
73 pages
978-0-544-18356-8 (ISBN)
Description
In Pygmalion, Shaw presents the classical story of a professor who transforms a girl of the lower class into an elegant creature, who then falls in love with himunfortunately in love, that is.Set in Bulgaria, Arms and the Man satirizes romantic attitudes about love and war. Raina, the heroine, falls in love with a cowardly, chocolate-loving enemy soldier during an unnamed war. After the war, her fiance challenges her new admirer to a duel, loses heart, and proposes to the maid instead.
