Bernard Shaw is an Incomplete Feminist——A Feminist Semiotic Reading of Candida
Asanadvocateforfeminism,GeorgeBernardShaw,toawakenespeciallywomentotheirsubordinateandcaptivatedposi-tionandopportunityforbeingNewwoman,wroteCandidainatimewhenwomenwerestuckintothevirginmotherrole.Howev-er,fromtheperspectiveoffeministsemiotictheory,wefoundthatalthoughcreatinganewwomandifferentfromtheonedefinedbythecommonstandard,BernardShawstilldidn’tbreakthechainofportrayingasignwoman-thevirginmothercontrolledbythepatriarchalprejudicefrommalegaze.Inaddition,Candidabecomesanobjectportrayedthroughtwomencharactersandshebe-comesthemeanstoexposethedevelopingofmancharacterratherthanthesubjectintheplay.AndShaw’slimitedfeminismisal-soreflectedinhisotherplays.Therefore,BernardShawisanincompletefeminist.