Questions tagged [major-barbara]
Questions related to the 1905 play Major Barbara by the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. Use this tag with the [george-bernard-shaw] tag.
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Why do Major Barbara and Undershaft shake hands?
In George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara, I came across the following conversation which culminates with Barbara and her father Colonel Undershaft shaking hands:
BARBARA. No. Will you let me try?
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What is the essence of Undershaft's moral argument in Major Barbara?
I can discern certain Nietzschean undertones such as Undershaft's idealization of the will to power. I also understand Undershaft's discussion on the problem with describing poverty and starvation as ...
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