When we are young, many people dream of love and who they will marry. They talk about him like he’s a God and praise him for being a “war hero.” Raina appears to be madly in love with him, but is she in love with him or is she in love with being in love? She is betrothed to him, and it seems like her mother strongly encourages this romance. In fact, she has a large framed picture of him on her desk, and he is the topic of conversation with her mother, Catherine. In Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw, we see how complicated love can be and how love can be misleading on the surface.Īt the beginning of the play, we meet Raina who is a young girl dreaming about love and being with “the man of her dreams,” Sergius.
As humans, we don’t know who we will fall in love with or when we will fall in love. Love is often messy and doesn’t always make sense. However, this play included a play that is and always will remain relevant in society. Personally, I like a lot of classics, but I think that some of them don’t relate to newer generations because what were once relatable themes may lose their relevance as time goes on. I don’t want to seem like others from my generation who dislike all “classic” plays. When I saw Arms and the Man at Western Washington University, I have to admit that I wasn’t too excited.
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