# The Statue — Man and Superman character guide

> The Statue in Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Commander, Don Juan Commander, The Statue Bravo Ana, The Statue Coxcomb, The Statue Superman

**First appearance:** 0004-act-iii

## Snapshot

The ghost of Doña Ana's father, a marble commander who steps down from his pedestal to drag Don Juan to judgment.

## Who they are

The Statue is the outraged patriarch of the old order, a father whose honor has been violated and who pursues Don Juan beyond the grave with the implacable courtesy of a Spanish grandee. He represents the claims of family, duty, and social convention that Juan's philosophy dismisses as trumpery ideals, and his arrival in the dream sequence gives the debate a menacing dramatic weight. He is the past that will not stay buried, and his presence raises the stakes of Juan's refusal to repent.

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