The Holy Devil

             The Holy Devil
             In 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 be
             happy 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 that
             where power is there is money. He thinks there is no other possibility to get power and overturn a social system only by war.
             Undershaft: 'The sixth, my master, was the best of all .He wrote up: nothing ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done' see. Bernard Shaw: Major Barbara p.76/
             First he has to manufacture arms to get a big amount of money. He does not deny what he thinks. He is sincere.
             Undershaft: 'Yes, money and gunpowder. Freedom and power. Command of life and command of death.'/ see. Bernard Shaw: Major Barbara p.54/
             While moralists preach about virtues of poverty and starvation and with these two thing they try to save people's souls, whereas according to Undershaft they are sin and this kind of salvation is accepted only in needs and it is a compromise because of a slice of bre
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