서강대학교

초록/요약

George Bernard Shaw is one of the most successful playwright in British Theatre. Since, his plays are dealt with social issues, he wanted to give such awareness to the audience that social reformation was inevitable. Therefore, this thesis explores how Mrs Warren’s Profession contains many socioeconomic issues criticize unconcerned attitude of society and why Shaw wanted to present to the audience. Mrs Warren’s Profession is a play about women. However, to go beyond the question of women, this play presents the obligation of the society to individual and vise versa. Thus, starting from censorship, how Shaw wanted to present the true obligation of Theatre holds. Analyzing Praed and Mrs Warren which reveals and help us to understand how they maximize the role of character Vivie. In addition to this, throughout the characters: Frank and Crofts to describe how individuals misinterpret the obligation of marriage. For Shaw, solving the problem of women was essential key to social reform. Thus, Shaw as celebrated playwright and socialist, he wanted to show to the audience that Mrs Warren’s Profession operates as highly dramatic play and enlightening them at the same time. By the ending of the play, Mrs Warren’s Profession works as dramatic play, it fails to be propagandistic. Still, this attempt cannot be seen as a limitation but as a good attempt to open a new prospect in the field of play which Mrs Warren’s Profession is worth to be analyzed.