he says Nature was in deadly earnest with me when I was in jest with her He jokes about love but nature is serious because it uses love to create life The Life Force works through this attraction between man and woman Gloria as the Agent of Life Force Gloria represents the Life Force in the play She is strong intelligent and confident She tries to control her feelings but finally accepts Valentine s love Through her nature fulfills its purpose Her attraction to Valentine is the Life Force acting through her instincts She becomes the symbol of women s creative power Scientific View of Love Valentine also refers to love as a chemical reaction He says No no no Not love we know better than that Let s call it chemistry This shows that the Life Force works like science natural real and beyond human control In short Shaw shows the Life Force as the natural energy of love and creation Through Valentine and Gloria he proves that life always moves forward through love and nature s will