Jack Tanner

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Jack Tanner is the radical, free-thinking protagonist of George Bernard Shaw's play "Man and Superman," known for his iconoclastic views on politics, marriage, and social conventions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatic character
fictional character
appearsIn Man and Superman NERFINISHED
appearsInAct Act I of Man and Superman NERFINISHED
Act II of Man and Superman NERFINISHED
Act III of Man and Superman NERFINISHED
Act IV of Man and Superman NERFINISHED
appearsInSection Don Juan in Hell scene NERFINISHED
associatedConcept Life Force NERFINISHED
Shavian philosophy
basedOn the Don Juan archetype
characterTrait free-thinking
iconoclastic
radical
creator George Bernard Shaw NERFINISHED
discussesTopic evolutionary progress
gender roles
individual freedom
social responsibility
firstPerformanceOfWorkYear 1905
firstPublicationOfWorkYear 1903 GENERATED
friendOf Octavius Robinson NERFINISHED
genreOfWorkAppearsIn philosophical comedy
guardianOf Ann Whitefield NERFINISHED
hasAlias John Tanner NERFINISHED
hasConflictWith Ann Whitefield NERFINISHED
hasPhilosophicalStance anti-romantic view of love
critique of bourgeois society
hasViewpointOn marriage
politics
social conventions
inspiredBy Don Juan NERFINISHED
knownFor advocating political and social revolution
attacking traditional views of marriage
criticizing conventional morality
languageOfWork English
literaryGenreContext drama
literaryMovement modernist drama
medium stage play
nationality British
occupation writer
opposedBy Roebuck Ramsden NERFINISHED
portrays a Shavian superman ideal
relationshipWith Ann Whitefield NERFINISHED
Octavius Robinson NERFINISHED
Roebuck Ramsden NERFINISHED
roleInWork protagonist of Man and Superman
settingOfWork England NERFINISHED

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Man and Superman character Jack Tanner