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Candida
by George Bernard Shaw
I really love this play. Before this, I read Arms and the Man, and I loved it too. I knew Shaw was a writer I was going to learn a lot from.
The play points out a few points that we often discuss these days, especially as women, and one of those is: Society's expectations for a woman to act motherly.
The last three pages sum up the whole play, where we understand that James is a manchild who thinks he is protecting his wife. But as the play progresses, we realize that it's not like that; it's Candida who is actually holding their relationship together. Marchbanks is the character who gives us insight into what is lacking in the relationship between Candida and James. Now, though Marchbanks is much younger than both of them, his views are quite progressive. He understands Candida, which she herself realizes. But in the end, she chooses James, and there can be two reasons for this. First is societal expectations, but then again, she wasn't that weak. The second reason, which I think might be more relevant, is her Christian background.
The play points out a few points that we often discuss these days, especially as women, and one of those is: Society's expectations for a woman to act motherly.
The last three pages sum up the whole play, where we understand that James is a manchild who thinks he is protecting his wife. But as the play progresses, we realize that it's not like that; it's Candida who is actually holding their relationship together. Marchbanks is the character who gives us insight into what is lacking in the relationship between Candida and James. Now, though Marchbanks is much younger than both of them, his views are quite progressive. He understands Candida, which she herself realizes. But in the end, she chooses James, and there can be two reasons for this. First is societal expectations, but then again, she wasn't that weak. The second reason, which I think might be more relevant, is her Christian background.