Basic Study : MA Final in Seven College Under Dhaka University
Subject Name: Modern Drama (Study Guide)
Subject Code: ENM 504
Written and Edited Credit : Md. Layek Ali
Use : Non-Commercial with free Education Purpose
First Published: February 2022
ISBN: 984-70020-0745-0
Text: You Never Can Tell
Writer: George Bernard Shaw
Text Type: Explanations
Act: I
Exp. These lines, spoken by Mrs. Clandon to her son, Philip have been taken from Act I of the play You Never Can Tell written by George Bernard Shaw. Here Mrs. Clandon tells her son about the second kind of family life. In You Never Can Tell, Mrs. Clandon tells Philip about two kinds of family life – one is typified by Mrs. Clandon and the other is typified by Mr. Crampton. When her children insist that they want to know who their father is, Mrs. Clandon tells them about the ideals of family life. She says that there are two sorts of family life one is based on mutual respect and the other is dominated by husbands.
Mrs. Clandon stands for the first kind of life which is based on mutual respect. In this kind of life, every member of the family can enjoy his/her rights to independence and privacy. In the second kind of life, the husband becomes a domestic tyrant who denies his wife and children their rights. He is suspicious of his wife and opens her letters and demands an explanation of every expenditure of her Oney and time. Being victim of the tyranny of the husband, the wife does the same to her children: she deprives her children of their independence and privacy. affection., morality and religion. But when a father or mother interferes with his/her children’s work, life becomes a round of rebellion and part of the children. Mr. Crampton jealousy and suspicion on the part of the parents and lying. stands for this second kind of life. tyranny, privacy. Family life should be based on duty.
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