Samarkand state institute of foreign languages faculty of english philology and translation studies the chair of translation theory and practise

Candida: Shaw's play Candida was written a year after Dolls and Men and was based on Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play A Doll's House. While Shaw shared Ibsen's belief in equality, she had a different perspective on women's traditional role in the family. Ibsen believed that women were treated like children in marriage, which prevented them from taking on greater responsibilities and achieving personal maturity. Shaw, on the other hand, did not see this as a typical marriage dynamic. Her view of marriage involved a husband who considered himself the dominant force in the family, but the wife was not simply a childlike figure. In many cases, she was the real power behind the family, like Candida, who kept her husband's castle of comfort and indulgence. Men, in Shaw's view, were often pampered children, while women were the strength that held the family together [13, 7].
Candida takes place entirely in St. Dominic's Parsonage and revolves around a love triangle between the Reverend James Morell, his wife Candida, and the young poet Eugene Marchbanks. Morell is a liberal, charismatic preacher who is adored by women, including his curate. Marchbanks, on the other hand, is a shy, effeminate eighteen-year-old with inner strength that is not immediately apparent. He confesses his love for Candida to Morell, who is confident enough to woo him and convince him that the whole world loves Candida. Marchbanks soon realizes that his love for Candida is nothing more than puppy love and that Morell's sermons and conversation are just empty words. He forces Morell to see himself in this light, which leads to a confrontation between the two men.


Conclusion on chapter II
George Bernard Shaw made a remarkable debut in the English theater scene by creating a play that surpassed the quality of any playwright in the past century. Pope, on the other hand, aimed to please his audience by providing them with a comforting escape from the harshness of the real world, much like today's television shows. However, instead of conforming to this unrealistic standard, Shaw's production reflected the realities of society, politics, economy, and religion in all their aspects. He was an educator and a preacher who used the stage as his platform. Unlike his contemporaries, such as Oscar Wilde and his fellow aesthetes, Shaw claimed that he did not write merely for the sake of art, yet he surpassed them in their own artistic game. His humorous approach to socialism, creative evolution, prison abolition, true gender equality, and the insincerity of war's causes made for some of the most entertaining comedies ever written. Shaw did not aim to be a martyr, and even if his peers found his plays amusing, he believed that "humor is the seriousness of the age." Even if the present generation is only interested in entertainment, the next generation will understand his message.