Arms and the Man is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw. It s a humorous play that shows the futility of war and deals comedically with the hypocrisies of human nature. The play discusses how war is made, how it is fought, and how parties sue for peace at the close of it. Indeed, the play's title is a direct quote from Virgil's Aeneid, the Roman epic that glorifies war. Shaw used this quote ironically, drawing attention to how war should not be seen as romantic.