Candida--A Contradictory Love Triangle

Shaw, a multipronged genius, treats any social problem irrespective of its nature in a unique style. Though, the problem of love and marriage is a conventional topic for discussion, he looks at it in a different perspective, in the sense that he creates conflict in the characters to ventilate his critical ideas to the audience in a dramatic way with his sharp sense of wit and humour to captivate their minds. In the present paper, the traditional love triangle is dealt with excruciating conflict to evoke tension and bewilderment and thereby providing unexpected turn of events beyond the expectation of theatre-goers. In this process, the play Candida, which is set for exposing contradictory love triangle, justifies Shaw's view of anti-romantic disposition in true sense of the term in a realistic vein. To elucidate this, the play is studied and analyzed to attest Shaw's concept of an advanced woman to establish that the playwright is abreast of his times.Keywords: Shaw, multi-pronged genius, social problem, love and marriage, perspective, conflict, ideas, wit and humor, turn of events, anti-romantic, advanced woman.