Abstract: This paper analyzes the inevitability of the separation of Mrs. Warren and Vivie in Mrs. Warren’s Profession. On the one hand, The paper displays the contradiction mainly from three factors of their characters, family backgrounds and social status. On the other hand, based on criticism on the hypocrisy in Victorian age and the evil of capitalist system, the inevitability of the separation of Mrs. Warren and Vivie, as well as Shaw’s sympathy to working-class people who suffered a lot and his despising against the conventional moralities in Victorian age, has been investigated

Key Words: George Bernard Shaw, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Inevitability, Victorian Age

CONTENTS

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction1

  1.1 Bernard Shaw and His Literary Achievement

  1.2 A Brief Literary Review Of Mrs. Warren’s Profession

2. The Inevitability of the Separation of Mrs. Warren and Vivie.2

2.1 Different Personality

  2.1.1 Vivie’s Personality-----Confidence and Rebellion

  2.1.2 Mrs. Warren’s Personality-----Stubbornness and Indifference

2.2 Different Family Background

  2.2.1 Different Growing Environments

  2.2.2 Weak Affections Between Vivie and Mrs. Warren

2.3 Profound Causes in Society

  2.3.1 Hypocrisy in Victorian Ages

  2.3.2 Evil of the Capitalism

3.Conclusion.9

Bibliography.11

Acknowledgments