2. GROUP MEMBERS
• Asghar Nazir L13-4533
• Saeed Mazhar L13-4522
• Muhammad Abuzar L13-4528
• Zeeshan Haider L13-4513
3. CONTENTS
• About the play
• Characters
• Story
• Settings
• Stylistics
• Conclusion
4. ABOUT THE PLAY
• Arms and the Man is a play by George Bernard Shaw published in 1884.
• The play was one of Shaw's first commercial successes. He was called onto stage
after the curtain, where he received enthusiastic applause.
• It is a humorous play which shows the futility of war and deals with the hypocrisies
of human nature in a comedic fashion.
6. RAINA
• She is a romantic idealist of twenty-three
• she is presented as being a romantically idealistic person in love with the noble
ideal of war and love
• she is a pose use who enjoys making dramatic entrances
• She idealizes the heroes of war.
7. CAPTAIN BLUNTSCHLI
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• A professional soldier from Switzerland who is serving in the Serbian army.
• He is thirty-four years old, and he is totally realistic about the stupidity of war
8. PLOT
• End of Serbo-Bulgarian war with the Bulgarian’s victory
• Dramatic entrance of Bluntschli (chocolate cream hero)
• Arrival of Major Petkoff and sergius
• Status of relation between Raina and Sergious.
• Arrival of Major Bluntschli at Petkoff’s house.
• Emergence of hidden love
9. SETTINGS
ACT 1
• Takes place in Raina’s room on November’s night in 1885.
• The interior of the room is not like anything to be seen in the east of Europe.
• The room is lighted by a candle on the chest of drawers
• A window on left side while a door on the right side of the room.
• A box of chocolate creams and a portrait of Raina’s fiancé
10. ACT 2
• The act starts on sixth of March, 1886 in the garden of major Petkoff ’s house.
• It is a fine spring morning.
• Within the garden the side of the house is seen on the right, with a garden door
reached by a little flight of steps. On the left the stable yard, with its gateway,
encroaches on the garden.
• Fruit bushes along the paling and house, covered with washing hung out to dry.
• In the middle of garden there lies a small table, with two bent wood chairs at
it,There is a wooden garden seat against the wall on the left.
11. ACT 3
• This act takes place in the library, after lunch.
• It is not much of a library,
• The wall space being occupied by trophies of war.
• A row of three large windows in the front of the house.
• The door is on the left. The button of the electric bell is between the door and the
fireplace.
• At the side of the table, which stands on the right, Bluntschli is hard at work, with a
couple of maps before him
• The major has the tube of the hookah within his reach
• Raina has a neglected novel in her lap
12. STYLISTICS
Tone
• Mostly the tone during act ‘1’ is sympathetic. In this act Raina’s behavior is sympathetic
towards Bluntschli (helpless soldier). She saves his life and satisfies his hunger.
• The tone of the writer during act ‘2’ is mostly informative (revealing different things) and a
little bit jolly.
• During third act the tone is serious at first but then it becomes happy towards the end of play.
• Overall tone of this play is happy and jolly.
13. STYLE
• The writer’s aim in this play is to describe the romantic heroics of war; he wanted to
present a realistic account of war.
• Vocabulary used in this play is a bit difficult.
• The play follows chronological sequences.
14. MOOD
• Mood in the first act of play is sympathetic and a bit suspenseful.
• Mood in the second act of play is interesting because many secrets have been
revealed to us.
• Mood in the third act of the play is interesting at first then it becomes happy and
content.
• The overall mood of the play is curious and happy.
15. CONCLUSION
• In this play the writer has succeeded in making his point quite clear.
• The play is interesting and entertaining.
• The writer criticizes the attitude of rich people who glorify themselves.
• It gives us a lesson, not to glorify the war.
• It also describes that love is something beyond the personal interests of human beings.
• The condition of today’s world is still very similar to the scenario of the play.
