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Major Barbara is a three-act English play by George Bernard Shaw, written and premiered in 1905 and first published in 1907. The story concerns an idealistic young woman, Barbara Undershaft, who is engaged in helping the poor as a Major in the Salvation Army in London. For many years, Barbara and her siblings have been estranged from their father, Andrew Undershaft, who now reappears as a rich and successful munitions maker. The father gives money to the Salvation Army, which offends Barbara because she considers it "tainted" wealth. The father argues that poverty is a worse problem than munitions and claims that he is doing more to help society by giving his workers jobs and a steady income than she is doing by giving people free meals in a soup kitchen.

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  • Major Barbara (en)
  • Major Barbara (fr)
  • Il maggiore Barbara (commedia) (it)
  • 참령 바바라 (ko)
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  • Major Barbara est une pièce en trois actes de l'Irlandais George Bernard Shaw, écrite et créée en 1905 et publiée pour la première fois en 1907. (fr)
  • Il maggiore Barbara (Major Barbara) è una commedia in tre atti di George Bernard Shaw, scritta e rappresentata nel 1905 e pubblicata in volume nel 1907. (it)
  • Major Barbara is a three-act English play by George Bernard Shaw, written and premiered in 1905 and first published in 1907. The story concerns an idealistic young woman, Barbara Undershaft, who is engaged in helping the poor as a Major in the Salvation Army in London. For many years, Barbara and her siblings have been estranged from their father, Andrew Undershaft, who now reappears as a rich and successful munitions maker. The father gives money to the Salvation Army, which offends Barbara because she considers it "tainted" wealth. The father argues that poverty is a worse problem than munitions and claims that he is doing more to help society by giving his workers jobs and a steady income than she is doing by giving people free meals in a soup kitchen. (en)
  • 참령 바바라(Major Barbara)는 조지 버나드 쇼가 1905년 짓고 초연하고 1907년 처음 출간된 잉글랜드의 희곡이다. 참령 바바라는 백만장자의 딸이자 백작의 손녀로 사회적 부와 지위를 모두 타고났지만 현실에 안주하지 않고 구세군 일원이 되어 빈민 구제에 앞장 서는 여성 바바라를 주인공으로 하고 있다. 그녀의 이상은 죄지은 이웃들을 회개의 길로 인도해 영혼을 구제하는 데 있다. 하지만 절도와 폭력, 음주와 도박의 죄악이 ‘빈곤’ 가운데서 더욱 만연한 현실 앞에 바바라는 딜레마에 빠진다. 이웃의 영혼을 구제하기 위해선 이들을 먼저 가난에서 구제해야 하고, 가난을 물리치기 위해선 막대한 자본이 필요하며, 막대한 자본은 ‘전쟁’이라는 크나큰 죄악으로부터 나오기 때문이다. 참령 바바라는 선과 악을 구분하는 기준을 흔들고 종교와 낡은 도덕 관념에 교묘히 가려져 있던 현대사회의 속성을 보여 준다. 비록 현실과 타협해 살아가고 있지만 여전히 영혼의 고귀함과 인간 존엄을 믿고 바라는 우리 모두에게 참령 바바라에 비친 쇼의 냉소주의는 더욱 차갑게 와닿는다. (ko)
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