Show Plot Arms and the Man

Authors: G. B. Shaw

Time Period: 1885

Setting: Bulgaria

Summary: 

Arms and the Man is a comedic play by George Bernard Shaw that satirizes the romanticized ideals of war and love. Set during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War, it follows an idealistic young woman, Raina Petkoff, whose infatuation with a dashing "hero" is challenged when she shelters a pragmatic, chocolate-carrying Swiss mercenary.