Blog 2: un, deux, trois, ALLEZ
In case any of you are unfamiliar with my title, "Twelfth Night" [spelling?] while it's not the only theme, has an underlying theme of gender-switching through out the play. [that's Shakespeare, people] Shaw took a bite out of Shakespeare when he wrote in gender-switching during "Mrs. Warren's Profession" with Vivie and Mr. Praed.
Shaw was a huge proponet of women's rights and using Vivie in corrolation to what normally would be a man's language and discourse [dectective novels, brandy, cigars, etc] is his way of showing that society could and would change. Mr. Praed is emasculated, shown as soft and weak with his art talk and fluffy life loving. Gender switching to prove a societal ill is a very easy way to grab people's attention. Such a turn-around from normal society is what Shaw intended to throw into the ring: Finally, someone who wanted to give women the same rights as men... it only took a complete switch of gender roles to do it.
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