The madness of hypocrisy unmasked in weapons and in man Satire is the "biting denunciation of human madness that criticizes human conduct and aims to correct it" ( By Yanni 839). Moliere was the French master of satirical comedy, and Shaw was similarly acclaimed, as the "Irish Moliere". In Arms and the Man, Shaw demonstrates his genius for satire by exposing the inconsistencies of life and criticizing the contradictions of human character. Love and war are the main themes of this comedy. Shaw addresses each of them, showing the disparity between how these issues are perceived and what they are in reality. Love, of course, is often thought of in romantic terms. Raina, from Arms and the Man, is described as a young, beautiful woman who actually adheres to idealistic notions regarding the emotion of love. For her, "the world is indeed a glorious world for women who can see its glory and for men who can act in its love story!" (Shaw 1294, act 1). She acts as if she could continue to live in her ideal world forever and believes she has found true love in Sergio. As a couple, they put on a show for each other to show that their emotions are real. Raina says, in fact, that she is perfect in Sergio's company--"'When I think of you, I feel that I could never perform a vile action, or think an ignoble thought'"--and he, in his- -" 'You will never fail me, Sergio,'" he adds (1311, act 2). However, at the end of the play, Shaw is eager to reveal that all is not as it seems with any of the characters, especially Raina. . The audience knows this and the characters learn the truth too. When Sergio discovers the facts about his fiancée, he exclaims: "'You love that man!... You allow him to make love to you behind my back, just as you treat me as your fiancé behind his back'" (1329, act 3). Later, he realizes that their "romance has fallen apart. [And] life is a farce" (1330, act 3). It almost seems like the playwright himself is saying this phrase; Li speaks to the audience as directly as if he were on stage. In fact, Shaw often stocked his plays “full of jokes in which the characters explode into romantic evasions” (Ervine 269). Love, however, is not the only concept around which romance abounds..