Back to Methuselah (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- First Published: 1921
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Play of ideas
- Time of Work: The past and the future
- Setting: The Garden of Eden, the Middle East, and Britain
- Genres: Drama, Problem play
- Subjects: Creation myth, Future, 1920’s, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Biblical times, Heroes or heroism, Life, philosophy of, Evolution
- Locales: London, England, Eden
Characters Discussed
“In the Beginning: 4004 b.c.e.”
Adam, the first man, created by the splitting of Lilith into male and female. Adam is dull and plodding, the tradition-bound agrarian who adheres to conventional morality solely from a lack of curiosity.
Eve, who eagerly eats the Forbidden Fruit to trade the agonies of individual immortality for racial immortality. Eve, the eternally curious, has a compulsion to create. Dissatisfied by both Adam’s passivity and Cain’s senseless hunger for glory, she yearns for something better.
The Serpent, a...
[The entire page is 1464 words long]
Navigate
- Back to Methuselah (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
- Back to Methuselah (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
See Also:
George Bernard Shaw (Censorship--Ready Reference series)George Bernard Shaw (Cyclopedia of World Authors)George Bernard Shaw (Dictionary of World Biography)George Bernard Shaw (Drama)
- Add Back to Methuselah to your favorites