Reference to Context : Act 2 , No.7
(i) : The reason which Major Petkoff gives for Catherine's sore throat is that she washes her neck daily. He insinuates hat the water affects her throat badly.
(ii): The "modern customs" major Petkoff is speaking of is of Catherine washing her neck (he probably means the taking of a wash) daily. Later he will be introduced to the electric bell Catherine has had installed in their library to call Nicola, so that they don't have to do the unmannerly thing of shouting for her servants.
(iii) ; Major Petkoff regards regular washing of oneself as being not natural and not good for health. He notes how an English man in Philippopolis used to have a cold water bath every morning.
(iv) : Major Petkoff brags that his father never had a bath in all his life and that yet he was the healthiest man in all Bulgaria and that he lived to the age of ninety-eight !
The English man was different from Petkoff's father as the Englishman bathed every morning in old water, after he got up from bed.
(v) : According to Major Petkoff the English had a bath daily as the English climate was such that the people became very dirty.
(vi); Shaw has contrasted the hygiene practiced by the Bulgarians and English. He notes that the Bulgarians do not need to wash more than once a week. He feels that the English was daily as their climate makes them dirty.
Reference to Context : Act 2 , No.8
(i) ; Catherine and Major Petkoff have just been sparring over hygiene. Paul believes that Catherine washes too often and thus suffers (with sore throats). Paul had said that he only has a good wash once a week to keep up his position. He has stated that he believes that bathing / washing daily is ridiculous and an extreme action. Catherine, on the other believes in washing daily and thus calls Major Petkoff a barbarian - meaning an uncivilized person who continues to ignore modern learning for personal and social well-being.
(ii) : Major Petkoff tried to impress the Russian officers by making sure that they knew that the Petkoff's have a library at their home. It tells us that major Petkoff is very concerned about his social standing and wants others to be impressed by his civility.
(iii): The reason which Catherine gives for installing an electric bell in the house was that civilised people did not shout for their servants. Thus, if they were in their library and wanted Nicola, all they had to do was to ring the bell and Nicola, who would be in the kitchen, would know they needed him and he would come up.
(iv) : Major Petkoff tells Catherine that civilised people do not hang out their washing to dry where visitors could see it - as Catherine had - having spread all the washed clothes on the bushes in the garden for drying.
(vi) : I think that all people are gradually becoming more civilised. Major Petkoff and Catherine. likewise are on the way to being more civilised. They have sufficient money and social standing and they are sufficiently exposed to the wider world to know that the higher classes in society lead the way in social norms. Thus they are becoming more aware of what correct behaviour is. Washing oneself regularly, not shouting for people and not leaving washing in public places are all behaviours which would hold the Petkoffs in good stead and cause others to respect them more. However, in the play we have seen that the Petkoffs are hospitable to a fault - for example even giving refuge to a fugitive enemy soldier, showing that they respect human life. They frequent the Opera at Sofia and appreciate reading which show that they are cultured.
(i) : The reason which Major Petkoff gives for Catherine's sore throat is that she washes her neck daily. He insinuates hat the water affects her throat badly.
(ii): The "modern customs" major Petkoff is speaking of is of Catherine washing her neck (he probably means the taking of a wash) daily. Later he will be introduced to the electric bell Catherine has had installed in their library to call Nicola, so that they don't have to do the unmannerly thing of shouting for her servants.
(iii) ; Major Petkoff regards regular washing of oneself as being not natural and not good for health. He notes how an English man in Philippopolis used to have a cold water bath every morning.
(iv) : Major Petkoff brags that his father never had a bath in all his life and that yet he was the healthiest man in all Bulgaria and that he lived to the age of ninety-eight !
The English man was different from Petkoff's father as the Englishman bathed every morning in old water, after he got up from bed.
(v) : According to Major Petkoff the English had a bath daily as the English climate was such that the people became very dirty.
(vi); Shaw has contrasted the hygiene practiced by the Bulgarians and English. He notes that the Bulgarians do not need to wash more than once a week. He feels that the English was daily as their climate makes them dirty.
Reference to Context : Act 2 , No.8
(i) ; Catherine and Major Petkoff have just been sparring over hygiene. Paul believes that Catherine washes too often and thus suffers (with sore throats). Paul had said that he only has a good wash once a week to keep up his position. He has stated that he believes that bathing / washing daily is ridiculous and an extreme action. Catherine, on the other believes in washing daily and thus calls Major Petkoff a barbarian - meaning an uncivilized person who continues to ignore modern learning for personal and social well-being.
(ii) : Major Petkoff tried to impress the Russian officers by making sure that they knew that the Petkoff's have a library at their home. It tells us that major Petkoff is very concerned about his social standing and wants others to be impressed by his civility.
(iii): The reason which Catherine gives for installing an electric bell in the house was that civilised people did not shout for their servants. Thus, if they were in their library and wanted Nicola, all they had to do was to ring the bell and Nicola, who would be in the kitchen, would know they needed him and he would come up.
(iv) : Major Petkoff tells Catherine that civilised people do not hang out their washing to dry where visitors could see it - as Catherine had - having spread all the washed clothes on the bushes in the garden for drying.
(vi) : I think that all people are gradually becoming more civilised. Major Petkoff and Catherine. likewise are on the way to being more civilised. They have sufficient money and social standing and they are sufficiently exposed to the wider world to know that the higher classes in society lead the way in social norms. Thus they are becoming more aware of what correct behaviour is. Washing oneself regularly, not shouting for people and not leaving washing in public places are all behaviours which would hold the Petkoffs in good stead and cause others to respect them more. However, in the play we have seen that the Petkoffs are hospitable to a fault - for example even giving refuge to a fugitive enemy soldier, showing that they respect human life. They frequent the Opera at Sofia and appreciate reading which show that they are cultured.
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