What does Alfred Doolittle mean by the undeserving poor?
What does Alfred Doolittle mean by the undeserving poor? Doolittle was Shaw’s embodiment of “the undeserving poor”, the feckless underclass snapping at the heels of upstanding Englishmen. His defence of the undeserving man is one of the great set-pieces of social satire. “I don’t need less than a deserving man; I need more. Does Alfred […]