摘要
George Bernard Shaw was a progressive mankind. He advocated the forces in revolution and democracy in their struggle against imperialism and reaction. Major Barbara is an excellent play which sharply satirized the capitalist society and powerfully revealed the outstanding characteristics of capitalism and capitalists. It intensively shows Shaw's art of comedy. The story mainly tells that Undershaft, a millionaire weapon dealer, loves money and despises poverty. Even he thinks poverty is a crime. His vigorous daughter Barbara, however, is a devout major in the Salvation Army. She treats her father as just another soul to be saved.But when the Salvation Army needs funds to keep running, it is Undershaft who saves the day. At this time, she finally compromises, and believes that it was whisky king and the armament dealer that saved the poor. The main theme of Major Barbara is centered on conflicting social and moral ethics, one realistic and the other idealistic. The chief merit of the play lies in the fact that what Undershaft does and says reveals the true nature of monopoly capitalism.
George Bernard Shaw was a progressive mankind. He advocated the forces in revolution and democracy in their struggle against imperialism and reaction. Major Barbara is an excellent play which sharply satirized the capitalist society and powerfully revealed the outstanding characteristics of capitalism and capitalists. It intensively shows Shaw's art of comedy. The story mainly tells that Undershaft, a millionaire weapon dealer, loves money and despises poverty. Even he thinks poverty is a crime. His vigorous daughter Barbara, however, is a devout major in the Salvation Army. She treats her father as just another soul to be saved.But when the Salvation Army needs funds to keep running, it is Undershaft who saves the day. At this time, she finally compromises, and believes that it was whisky king and the armament dealer that saved the poor. The main theme of Major Barbara is centered on conflicting social and moral ethics, one realistic and the other idealistic. The chief merit of the play lies in the fact that what Undershaft does and says reveals the true nature of monopoly capitalism.
出处
《海外英语》
2013年第20期213-214,共2页
Overseas English
