The Holy Devil
The Holy DevilIn Show's Major Barbara the character of Undershaft is often described as a villain.The question is if it is worth living on the Earth being poor and might behappy imaging our souls are saved for this suffering or it is better to live comfortably and to want our salvation deliberately.To make a decision it demands to analyse Undershaft's character from some aspects.Undershaft on the surface is an attractive, elderly man 'with kindly patient manner'. He even likes music and the values of the life.He is interested in his workers living in clean and neat circumstances not knowing poverty.Srephan:'Are you sure so much pampering is really good for the men's characters?'. / see. Bernard Shaw: Major Barbara p..54/Therefore he uses violence means to maintain his workers' living condition. In other word it is money that allows to keep up this good state. But where can he get it from? He is a 'clever rascal', therefore he realises thatwhere power is there is money. He thinks there is no oth
He wrote up: nothing ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done' / see. Undershaft:'You darent handle high explosive; but youre all ready to handle honesty and truth and justice and the whole duty of man, and kill one another at that game' / see. er possibility to get power and overturn a social system only by war. He does not hesitate using blood to achieve his goal and it does not matter how wars are destructive and who use his arms. Undershaft:'The sixth, my master, was the best of all . Undershaft:'My sort of blood cleanses: my sort of fire purifies. Is he right to take away even one person's life? Is it true that he could save more people's souls living in good condition than bad condition? Who tell us exactly in what circumstances we can get more numbers of people for real salvation? Bibliography: Bernard Shaw: Major Barbara / Penguin Books /. Although she uses his bloody handed ex-husband's money for their living she was against his personality and acting on the basis of religious morality. But without his money she could not polemize what good and bad means because the most important thing would be the bread. Lady Britomart:'Children: come home instantly. The most important is enormous money.
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