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바바라 소령(Major Barbara)은 조지 버나드 쇼(George Bernard Shaw)의 3막 영어 희곡으로, 1905년에 각본을 쓰고 초연되었으며 1907년에 처음 출판되었습니다. 이 이야기는 구세군 소령으로 가난한 사람들을 돕는 일에 종사하는 이상주의적인 젊은 여성 바바라 언더샤프트(Barbara Undershaft)에 관한 것입니다. 수년 동안 Barbara와 그녀의 형제자매들은 이제 부유하고 성공적인 군수품 제조업체로 다시 등장한 아버지 Andrew Undershaft와 멀어졌습니다. 아버지는 구세군에 돈을 주는데, 바바라는 그것이 "오염된" 부라고 생각하기 때문에 불쾌감을 줍니다. 아버지는 빈곤이 군수품보다 더 나쁜 문제라고 주장하며, 무료 급식소에서 사람들에게 무료 식사를 제공하는 것보다 노동자들에게 일자리와 꾸준한 수입을 제공함으로써 사회에 더 많은 도움을 주고 있다고 주장합니다.
<A classic read in English_ Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw >
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.
Summary
Lady Britomart Undershaft, the daughter of a British earl, and her son Stephen discuss a source of income for her grown daughters Sarah, who is engaged to Charles Lomax (a slightly comic figure who continually stupidly says "Oh, I say!"), and Barbara, who is engaged to Adolphus Cusins (a scholar of Greek literature). Lady Britomart leads Stephen to accept her decision that they must ask her estranged husband, Andrew Undershaft, for financial help. Mr. Undershaft is a successful and wealthy businessman who has made millions of pounds from his munitions factory, which manufactures the world-famous Undershaft guns, cannons, torpedoes, submarines and aerial battleships.
When their children were still small, the Undershafts separated; now grown, the children have not seen their father since, and Lady Britomart has raised them by herself. During their reunion, Undershaft learns that Barbara is a major in The Salvation Army who works at their shelter in West Ham, east London. Barbara and Mr. Undershaft agree that he will visit Barbara's Army shelter, if she will then visit his munitions factory.
