Part one of term paper
When George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1856, the Crimean War was raging and Queen Victoria of Great Britain had barely reached middle age. By the time of his death in 1950, the atomic bomb and television were realities. "By living for nearly a century, Shaw was in a unique position to bear witness to the rise of modernity" ( ...

Part two of term paper
... Gurly, was a gifted singer and musician. Shaw’s father, George Carr Shaw, on the other hand, was quite different. He was a heavy drinker who excelled in doing nothing (Kunitz 1268). The fact that his father was an alcoholic led Shaw to despise drinking and also tobacco. He tried his hardest to be the opposite of his father in many ways. During his early childhood, his mother grew tired of her husband's poor qualities so she left him and headed to London with her three children. In addition to ...