Open AccessMotherliness and Independent Qualities of Women Characters in George Bernard Shaw’s Plays
Author(s) -
P Sreenivasulu Reddy Dr,
Dr.C.V. Padmaja,
Dr.Sushma Raj Saripelli
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of innovative technology and exploring engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2278-3075
DOI - 10.35940/ijitee.k1504.0981119
Subject(s) - george (robot) , sociology , psychoanalysis , gender studies , psychology , art , art history
The Present article aims at making an in-depth study of Women Characters in George Bernard Shaw’s Plays in various directions. Shaw, the rationalist has drawn his women in unsentimental and unromantic terms. Most of his women are unpleasant women. As a matter of fact the world of Bernard Shaw has a large place for women. He honoured women showing in his plays that they were not only to be loved, but respected. Shaw was an almost perfect example of the shy man with an inferiority complex. Shaw's family situations and contemporary social conditions must have gone a long way in formulating his concept of woman. Shaw's inferiority complex and androgynous nature must have had considerable impact on his ideas on women