萧伯纳

明白人从不结婚，结了婚就不明白了。 —萧伯纳
Behind every successful man, there is a woman and behind every unsuccessful man, there are two. --Bernard Shaw
每个成功男人的背后总有一个女人，每个不 成功的男人背后有两个女人。 —萧伯纳
我早就知道无论我活多久,这种事终究 会发生的。
Mrs. Warren’s Profession
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About Mrs. Warren
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B. He was influenced by Marxism. C. He came under the spell of idealistic philosophers.
When the First World War broke out, he denounced those imperialist（谴责帝国主义） war-launchers in his book, Common Sense About the War（常识的战争）.
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There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it. --Bernard Shaw
人生有两出悲剧:一是万念俱灰;另一是 踌躇满志。 —萧伯纳
He came to London in 1876, and set to work as s novelist. Between 1879 and 1883, he started to attend public meetings . He joined the newly formed socialist Fabian Society(费边协会,伦敦创立的一 种渐进社会主义团体), and became a leading member. Between 1885 to 1898 he was the best music and dramatic critic of his time.
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Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life. --Bernard Shaw
每一个男人都应该结婚。毕竟，幸 福不是人生中惟一的东西。 —萧伯纳
The wise never marry and when they marry they become otherwise. --Bernard Shaw
（4） Besides， Shaw wrote plays on miscellaneous subjects： for instance. • The Apple Cart （《苹果车》1929） is about politics； • John Bull’s Other Island (《英国佬的另一个岛》 1904） is about racial problems； • Pygmalion (《皮格马利翁》1912） is about culture and art； • The Doctor’s Dilemma ( 《医生的两难选择》1906) is about the ignorance， incompetence， arrogance and bigotry of the medical profession. • Too True to Be Good （ 《难以置信》 1932） is a better play of the later period， with the author’s almost nihilistic bitterness on the subjects of the cruelty and madness of World War I and the aimlessness and disillusion of the young. • Getting Married （ 《结婚》 1908）， Misalliance （《错姻缘》 1910） and Fanny’s First Play 《法妮的第一场戏》 （1911） are about the problem of family and marriage；
In his long dramatic career, Shaw wrote more than 50 plays of a variety of subjects.
（1） His early plays were mainly concerned with social problems and directed towards the criticism of the contemporary social， economic， moral and religious evils. Widowers’ House 《鳏夫的财产》 is a grotesquely realistic exposure of slum landlordism；Mrs. Warren’s Profession《华伦夫人的职业》is a play about the economic oppression of women. （2） Shaw wrote quite a few history plays， in which he kept an eye on the contemporary society. The important plays of this group are Caesar and Cleopatra （ 《凯撒和克娄巴特拉》1898） and St. Joan （《圣女贞德》 1923）. （3） Shaw also produced several plays， exploring his idea of “ Life Force”, the power that would create superior beings to be equal to God and to solve all the social， moral， and metaphysical problems of human society. The typical examples of this group are Man and Superman (《人与 超人》1904) and Back to Methuselah （《千岁人》 1921）.
TH Generally, patriarchy /'peitria:ki/ (父权社会）refers to the social expectation on male who should shoulder responsibility for the welfare and families. Broadly speaking, men are expected to take the whole duty of the community even public issues. Gradually, men dominate the authority in public fields, such as, culture, education, economy, politics and religion. On the contrary, women are in secondary position at the male-dominated society. They play the role of mothers and housewives. Moreover, women are lack of necessary chances of education with men and are prohibited from working outside the families. E NO.1
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我的生命属于整个社会；在我有生 之年，尽我力所能及为整个社会工作， 这就是我的特殊的荣幸。 —萧伯纳
Fabian Society —— one of English reformist organizations
Shaw was a bourgeois liberal humanitarian and a reformist. His political attitude was affected by: A. Early life: contact with the poor people.
ACT Ⅰ Novelist & Critic
Between 1879 and 1883, he wrote 5 novels. Cashel Byron’ s Profession《卡希尔 拜伦的职业》 In the late 1880s and early 1890s: A journalist——book reviewing, art/ music criticizing, drama critic—— against the NeoRomantic tradition （新浪漫主义） and the drawing-room drama.
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I was born intelligent - education ruined me. --Bernard Shaw
我生下来时很聪明的——教育把我给毁了。 —萧伯纳
Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland, of English parentage in 1856. He was interested in literature, music and art . His family belonged to the Irish protestant gentry. His father was an unsuccessful businessman; his mother was a musician of talent. Apart from the musical education he received from her, he was practically self-educated. He left school at 14 and started to work. He had much contact with the poor people and came to know their miserable life.