In "Arms and the Man," George Bernard Shaw satirizes romanticized notions of love and war. Through characters like Raina and Bluntschli, Shaw exposes the absurdity of idealized heroism and romantic love, highlighting the discrepancy between reality and perception.
In A Passage to India mosque is associated with arch, Caves with echo and Temple with sky. These symbols have a positive as well as negative meaning. The positive meaning of the mosque symbol consists in the possibilities of friendly relations between Aziz and Mrs. Moore; Aziz and Fielding.