Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 334 Shaw, Bernard 1856 1950 Shaw, George Bernard Shaw, Bernhard Shaw, G. Bernard (George Bernard) Bassetto, Corno di Shaw, G. B. (George Bernard) Getting Married Reading ease score: 71.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Eve Sobol and Distributed Proofreaders HTML file produced by David Widger "Getting Married" by Bernard Shaw is a play written in the early 20th century, specifically in 1908. The work is a critical exploration of marriage, tackling the institution's complexities and contradictions, as seen through Shaw's often confrontational lens. The preface reveals Shaw’s skepticism about the romanticized views of marriage and highlights the ongoing “revolt against marriage,” questioning its societal implications and the inherent inequalities it perpetuates. At the start of the play, the opening portion presents Shaw's reflections on the perceptions and realities surrounding marriage. He discusses the misguided beliefs people hold about marriage, the pressures it places on individuals, particularly women, and the societal norms that complicate personal relationships. Shaw highlights the idea that many individuals enter into marriages not out of genuine connection but rather due to societal expectations and economic necessity. He portrays marriage as a legal and social contract that can often foster hypocrisy and limit personal freedom, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of its dynamics throughout the play. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Marriage -- Drama Married people -- Drama Weddings -- Drama PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 394135 394136 2024-10-03T05:55:35.897508 2023-10-03T05:57:34.370158 text/html text/html 394201 2013-04-11T12:02:40 text/html; charset=us-ascii 138163 2013-04-11T12:03:32 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 211863 2024-10-03T05:55:44.256445 application/epub+zip 221409 2024-10-03T05:55:37.968469 application/epub+zip 221410 2024-10-03T05:55:36.700494 application/epub+zip 391006 2024-10-03T05:55:47.943421 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383219 2024-10-03T05:55:43.452467 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360743 2022-09-03T08:04:07.164381 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362255 362168 2024-10-03T05:55:35.442493 2023-10-03T05:57:34.029164 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 362069 2013-04-11T12:03:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 134112 2013-04-11T12:03:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19954 2024-10-03T05:55:48.156428 application/rdf+xml 12134 2024-10-03T05:55:37.227484 image/jpeg 3166 2024-10-03T05:55:36.961485 image/jpeg 205921 2024-10-03T05:55:35.931487 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia