Comment on the roles of Major Petkoff and Catherine in Arms and the
Man.
Major Petkoff and Catherine are typical secondary characters, with
funny occasional opinions and repetitive comments, such as those of
the “electric bell” or the so famous unique “library” in all Bulgaria.
They are characters that would normally be used to lower the tension
in different types of plays. Yet, Arms and the Man, is a comedy and
hence not many high-tension scenes are found. Their role additionally,
adds more humour to the play, especially in those dull scenes where
humour is expected to be used in order to break down the monologues,
to change the subject or merely to accelerate the pace by altering the
tone used.
Yet, their role is much more extensive. Catherine Petkoff for
instance, also supports her daughter with everything she says or does,
even to the point of lying to his husband about the “chocolate cream
soldier” and accepting a “refugee” in her house. Probably due to a
great and impressive mother-daughter relationship, yet, it is also
possible that Raina is constantly controlling her mother for her own
purposes, as she later accepts that she uses the “noble and the
thrilling voice” which her parents “believe in”. Either way, the role
Catherine is very clear; she is a supporting character.
Moreover, we can also appreciate through Catherine, why Raina is the
way she is, so conceded, as a direct result of her mother’s attitude.
It seems to some extent, that Raina is not permitted to grow up as she
was raised in a perfect ‘bubble’ which does not let her admire the
“real world”. Hence, she is forced to act and pretend to be somebody
she is not, in order to get what she wants.
Yet, Catherine appears to be shallower than Raina in respect to the
romantic ideas of war and heroism. At least Raina is conscious that
these ideas might have come from reading too much novels by “Byron and
Pushkin”, however, Catherine convinces her wrong. Moreover, Catherine
is a character that does not only believe in heroic acts and romantic
ideas, but is incredibly unaware that her husband is in the army due
to his economic position and not to his admirable skills in the “art
of war”. Furthermore, at the end of Act III, Catherine does not accept
the proposal of captain Bluntschli to marry Raina, as she wants to
maintain her “daughter's position” as the “Petkoffs and the Saranoffs
are known as the richest and most important families in the country.”
Thus, this attitude reflects how her ideals of romanticism include a
surplus amount of money.
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