human being, subject to all weakness of human nature including fear of death.
Bluntschli, the mouth speaker of the dramatist, with his anti-romantic attitudes
towards war and life attract the heart of Raina.
Sergius who is full of vanity and pride for winning on accidental battle also gets
disillusioned about war. In spite of his apparent success as a Soldier, he is
criticized by his senior official and there by is promotion. He resigns his job being
frustrated about the profession and empresses his realization to Mrs. Catherine
Petkoff.
In the same manner, Shaw ridicules and satirizes the romantic attitude of love in
Arms and the man. In the play the romantic lovers are like just butterflies sucking
honey from flower to flower. So even being betrothed to Sergius, Raina put a
signed photograph on the pocket of the coat given to Bluntschli for his realistic
and humanistic attitude to life and for that reason she gave the photograph as a
souvenir for her love to her chocolate cream soldier. Similarly Sergius show his
strange fickleness by shifting his romantic feeling for Raina to Louka, a maid
servant in Rainas family. Thus Shaw shows the hollowness of romantic love
between Bluntschli and Raina upholds Shaws view of ideal marriage and love.
In conclusion, we may say that Arms and the Man is an Anti-romantic comedy
which admits of no controversy. The dramatist is in doubted successful in his
purpose of satirizing romantic notions about war and love in his play Arms and
the Man.