And I never enjoyed myself more in my life" (Act I). Vivie clearly just wants to enjoy her life the best way she knows how which is so similar to her mother's view, Mrs. Warren. .
We meet Mrs. Warren in Act I, but it's not until Act II when she is truly exposed. Throughout the first act, Shaw keeps Mrs. Warren's views very conventional and traditional as he describes her in the side note, "Mrs. Warren is between 40 and 50, formerly pretty, showily dressed in a brilliant hat and a gay blouse fitting tightly over her bust and flanked by fashionable sleeves"" (Act I). She is seen to be a high society woman who looks down on unconventional means. Mrs. Warren supports her daughter's decisions and values, to a certain extent and believes her daughter should follow certain guidelines in life. "Your way of life will be what I please, so it will"" (Act II Mrs. Warren). What's interesting is that we find out in the middle of Act II that Mrs. Warren's profession is not traditional at all and her guidelines for her daughter were far from her own in the past. .
In the middle of Act II Mrs. Warren tells Vivie, "Of course: until you're married. You're not going back to college again. " When in these lines we see that Mrs. Warren has views for her daughter that she once opposed herself. She exposes this to us when she explains to Vivie her past and how she came to earn her income. In the past Mrs. Warren viewed marriage as a customary step that she refused to take, "What is any respectable girl brought up to do but to catch some rich man's fancy and get the benefit of his money by marrying him?--as if a marriage ceremony could make any difference in the right or wrong of the thing! Oh, the hypocrisy of the world makes me sick!" (Act II, Mrs. Warren). Mrs. Warren shared these same unconventional views as her daughter and this makes them more and more alike. .
As Vivie steps into the unconventional life of her mother she finds herself doubting how her mother became a part of it.