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" Mariana; but in every case the relation between the woman and the man is the same: she is the pursuer and contriver, he the pursued and disposed of. When she is baffled, like Ophelia, she goes mad and commits suicide; and the man goes straight from her... "
Jahrbuch der Deutschen Shakespeare-Gesellschaft - Page 102
1916
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Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy

Bernard Shaw - 1903 - 240 pages
...hunt the man down. She may do it by blandishment, like Rosalind, or by stratagem, like Mariana ; but in every case the relation between the woman and the...goes straight from her funeral to a fencing match. No doubt Nature, with very young creatures, may save the woman the trouble of scheming : Prospero knows...
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Bernard Shaw as Artist-philosopher: An Exposition of Shavianism

Renée M. Deacon - 1910 - 116 pages
...hunt the man down. She may do it by blandishment, like Rosalind, or by stratagem, like Mariana; but in every case the relation between the woman and the...pursuer and contriver, he the pursued and disposed of." * For the woman's justification, we must look to the closing scene of Man and Superman. TANNER : [seizing...
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The Peer's Progress

Joseph Storer Clouston - 1912 - 330 pages
...it. 'In every case ' — my lord, allow me to ask for your particular attention to this aphorism — 'in every case the relation between the woman and...pursuer and contriver, he the pursued and disposed of.' " " Grimes," said his master severely, " let me remind you that you're talkin' about a lady." Grimes's...
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The Modern Language Review, Volume 19

John George Robertson, Charles Jasper Sisson - 1924 - 556 pages
...blandishment, like Rosalind, or by stratagem, like Mariana ; but in every case the relation between the wotna'n and the man is the same : she is the pursuer and contriver, he the pursued and disposed of. The Shakespearean law," he adds, 'is the law of life'; and for once Mr Shaw gives Shakespeare's philosophy...
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Shakespeare Studies: Historical and Comparative in Method

Elmer Edgar Stoll - 1927 - 528 pages
...hunt the man down. She may do it by blandishment, like Rosalind, or by stratagem, like Mariana; but in every case the relation between the woman and the...pursuer and contriver, he the pursued and disposed of. 'The Shakespearean law,' he adds, 'is the law of life' ; and for once Mr Shaw gives Shakespeare's philosophy...
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The Collected Works of Bernard Shaw, Volume 10

Bernard Shaw - 1930 - 296 pages
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Nine Plays, Volume 10

Bernard Shaw - 1935 - 1198 pages
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Selected Plays: Mrs. Warren's profession. Arms and the man. Candida. The ...

Bernard Shaw - 1948 - 914 pages
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Shakespeare Studies, Historical and Comparative in Method

Elmer Edgar Stoll - 1960 - 534 pages
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