'Raina Petkoff and her Cover-up Essay\r'

'Bernard Shaw’s flora make us doubt principles and ideals, which we pass judgment without a question. The economic status of the Petkoff’s is one of wealth, and the concomitant that they are complete makes us think of a well-behaved and educated family, especially the teen girl. The young girl should give us a sense of noblesse and in fact she does in this story. The young girl in â€Å"Arms and the Man” gives us the consequence that she is an ideal daughter, lover and citizen. But is she very? This girl tries to portray this stereotypical genius but proves not to be sooner the noble girl she plays. At a certain calculate she sees herself in a very compromising position and is squeeze to change.\r\nAs the play begins and we start getting to write out this girl, Raina Petkoff we start noticing that she is a raciness vain. The stage directions go as follows: â€Å"…On the balcony a young lady, intensely assured of the romantic beauty of the n ight, and of the fact that her declare youth and beauty are bust of it…” (1561). This excerpt takes away some of the innocence she portrays in a subtle way. The following deception comes when the Swiss enters through the windowpane; instead of screaming for suspensor she decides to help him wrap up. She even lies to the Bulgarian policeman who is flavour for the Swiss, betraying her own country. Raina and the Swiss get to know each other a itty-bitty, and with his pay off he can see ripe through her. He instantly observe the superficial coating over a very rough interior.\r\nThe mother, Catherine, proves to be the resembling when she abandons her patriotism and loyalty and helps the Serb officer to hide and even escape the next morning. â€Å" equivalent father, corresponding son” they say. But the biggest admiration comes when the Swiss or Serbian officer or Bluntschli blows Raina’s cover. Raina is outraged or pretends to be when Bluntschli t hrows the truth at her face. He calls her a liar and insists on it. She gets untamed at first gear, but gives in when she realizes she’s got no way out. Her reaction is: â€Å"… I! I!!!…How did you find me out?” (1591).\r\nAnd here(predicate) she confesses that the â€Å"noble pose” and the â€Å"thrilling interpretive program” is just a cover-up. This is Raina’s bout point. We could say that at this point she went from macrocosm a girl to being a woman; at this point she matured. other important fact to my instance is the check of herself she left in the jacket for Bluntschli to find, and the center it contained. â€Å"…My chocolate cream soldier…” (1603) is the plant Raina gives Bluntschli in the dedication of the picture. This title given over to Bluntschli suggests some type of affection that at this point is obvious but if the hearing had learned of it as it happened chronologically it would be very shocking.\r\nAfter the turning point described above, Raina becomes a more trounce and sincere person. She describes her own cover-up constitution as a â€Å"noble attitude and thrilling voice” (1591) to Bluntschli. Raina also says Bluntschli is the first person that didn’t take her dodge personality seriously. She confesses to the point that she mocks the people who study her â€Å"noble self” by verbalise: â€Å"… I did it when I was a baby bird to my nurse. She believed in it. I do it in the first place my parents. They believe in it. I do it before Sergius. He believes in it” (1591). That mishap of calling her a liar make Raina mature. It was a turning point in the life of this character and in the piece of â€Å"Arms and the Man”.\r\nBernard Shaw uses his comedies to criticize many an(prenominal) ideals by mock them. In the case of â€Å"Arms and the Man” he takes the nobility of a wealthy, respected family and destroy s it by mocking many of its aspects. In this essay I analyze how Shaw takes the view of innocence of a young, noble, rich girl and changes it to make it harsh reality, he makes the Petkoff’s look like common people with very little nobility.\r\nWorks Cited\r\nShaw, George Bernard. â€Å"Arms and the Man.” Literature: recitation Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay. Ed. Robert DiYanni. 5th Ed. New York: McGraw, 2002. 1561-1604.\r\n'