You Never Can Tell

Drama | George Bernard Shaw

What do you know about anti-romantic comedy?

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What do you know about anti-romantic comedy An anti-romantic comedy is the opposite of a romantic comedy It has love and humor But the love story faces problems from the characters themselves Their minds and emotions create trouble It usually does not have a happy ending The Play You Never Can Tell is anti-romantic because Shaw satirizes the romantic and idealistic notions about love and life Anti-Romantic Comedy The word anti means against Anti-romantic comedy is the opposite of romantic comedy It rejects false dreams about love and marriage Shaw uses this form to criticize sentimental love He laughs at the foolish and unrealistic ideas of lovers In this play romance is mixed with reality and human weakness Ironical Setting At the beginning the story looks romantic Valentine a young dentist falls in love with Gloria But soon love becomes a conflict of reason and emotion The romantic feeling turns

into real-life struggle Shaw s use of irony exposes the truth behind ideal love and family life Anti-Romantic Ideas Shaw shows that love is not worship but understanding Mrs Clandon teaches her children modern values yet her daughter Gloria disobeys and falls in love with Valentine Valentine does not act like a dreamy lover He says Nature was in deadly earnest with me when I was in jest with her He treats love as a natural and realistic emotion not a fantasy In conclusion an anti-romantic comedy rejects dreamy love and false ideals It shows love in a real practical and thoughtful way Shaw teaches that true love needs reason and understanding

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