Mrs. Warren's Profession

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Mrs. Warren's Profession

• George Bernard Shaw

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George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

• Shaw was born in Dublin.
• Henrik Ibsen had a great influence on Shaw's
  thinking.
• Mrs. Warrens Profession was completed in 1893,
  but this play not performed in public in the
  England until 1926.
• Shaw was award the Nobel prize for literature in
  1925.

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Motivation

• The corruption of the class.
• Economic problemPoverty and
• Wealth.
• The truth of the prostituteprostitute
• is forced by social situation.

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Characters

• Praed An artist and architect. Mrs.
• Warrens friend.
• Mrs. Warren Also called Miss Vavasour.
• Once was aprostitute and
• later runs several
  successful
• brothels.
• Vivie Warren Mrs. Warrens daughter.

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Characters

• Reverend Samuel Gardner A rector and
• 
  English priest.
• Frank Gardner Reverend Samuel Gardners
• son.
• Sir George Crofts Mrs. Warrens partner.

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Summary

• Act i During a holiday, Vivie knows Mrs.
• Warrens friends. Vivie begins to
  grow
• suspicious about her mother.
• Act ii Mrs. Warren tells Vivie the circumstances
• about her past difficult life.
• Act iii Sir George Crofts makes proposal to
• Vivie.
• Act iv Vivie wants to support herself and she
• must part with Mrs. Warren.

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Theme

• Contrast Traditional Role
• Nontraditional Role
• ? Traditional Role
• - Mother, Mrs. Warren.
• - Mrs. Warren is a traditional woman
  in
• Victorian England.
• - Mrs. Warren does her responsibilities
  as a
• traditional parent.

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Theme

• ? Nontraditional Role
• - Daughter, Vivie.
• - Vivie is an independent woman.
• - Vivie is a model of the New
• Woman.