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What is the origin of the term Chocolate Soldier?
Chocolate Soldier is an expression referring to a good-looking but useless warrior, popularised by George Bernard Shaw's 1894 play Arms and the Man. The term originates as a derogatory label for a soldier who would not fight but would look good in a uniform, shortened from 'Chocolate Cream Soldier'.
What is the plot of chocolate cream soldier?
The “chocolate cream soldier” is the driving force of the plot. Bluntschli is a rationalist, meaning a man who believes in reacting to situations based on the facts, not on what is good versus what is bad. This does not mean that Bluntschli is immaculate.
Who is the Chocolate Cream Soldier in Raina?
The Chocolate Cream Soldier. He is a Serbian artillery officer, exhausted, nervous, and hungry. When soldiers appear at the door, demanding to search the room, Raina on impulse hides the man and tells them no one else is there. Raina and the man talk. She expresses her contempt for his being a coward and for his stuffing his pockets...
What does Bluntschli say about Chocolate Cream Soldier?
Raina’s Chocolate Cream Soldier, Bluntschli, espouses the advantages of chocolate creams over bullets after Raina catches him in her room. More intrigued than alarmed by a fugitive Swiss mercenary in her bedroom, she christens him the chocolate cream soldier and even gives freely of her chocolate box. He seems disillusioned by the war.
Monday, 14 March 2016
Raina calls ‘The Man’ a “chocolate cream soldier” Explain why and describe the incident connected with it.
CHOCOLATE CREAM SOLDIER
Raina calls ‘The Man’ a “chocolate cream soldier” Explain why and describe the incident connected with it.
Chicago Theatre Review
Continuing their 25th season, which is celebrating “All Shaw, All the Time,” is this popular and charming classic. Considered to be one of the playwright’s most entertaining comedies, ShawChicago has included a new production of this play in a season that celebrates the company’s namesake.
The Chocolate Cream Soldier
Continuing their 25th season, which is celebrating “All Shaw, All the Time,” is this popular and charming classic. Considered to be one of the playwright’s most entertaining comedies, ShawChicago has included a new production of this play in a season that celebrates the company’s namesake.
Plot summary
Actors of the Smith College Club of St. Louis are sketched rehearsing for an all-woman amateur benefit performance of George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man" in December 1908. No men were allowed in the rehearsals or at the performance. The illustration is by Marguerite Martyn of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Critical reception
George Orwell said that Arms and the Man was written when Shaw was at the height of his powers as a dramatist.
Subsequent productions
The first Broadway production opened on 17 September 1894 at New York City 's Herald Square Theatre. Since then there have been six Broadway revivals, two of which are listed below.
Adaptations
When Shaw gave Leopold Jacobson [ de] the rights to adapt the play into what became the operetta The Chocolate Soldier (1908) with music by Oscar Straus, he provided three conditions: none of Shaw's dialogue nor any of his character's names could be used, the libretto must be advertised as a parody of Shaw's work, and Shaw would accept no monetary compensation.
Pejorative military use of the term "chocolate soldier"
The chocolate-cream soldier of the play has inspired a pejorative military use of the term. In Israel, soldiers use the term "chocolate soldier" (Hayal Shel Shokolad, חייל של שוקולד) to describe a soft soldier who is unable to fight well.
External links
McNabb, Jim. " Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw : Study Guide" (PDF). Ottawa: National Arts Centre. Retrieved 12 April 2011.