Enlightment of Education in Pygmalion and Educating Rita

George Bernard’s Pygmalion portrays women as objects that can be molded to whatever man’s desires are. Eliza, a young poor woman is used as an experiment by Henry Higgins. Higgins was challenged by his friend Colonel Pickering to transform Eliza into a duchess. Feeling challenged Higgins gladly accepted. Both Frankenstein and Pygmalion are prime examples of the notion that women are incapable of leading their own lives; on the other hand men are depicted as god-like creatures.

First of all, Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, it depends upon the Greek myth. Also, it is one of standout plays of Bernard Shaw, initially performed in 1913 in Vienna and it distributed and performed in London over 1916, around the inception of the twentieth century. So this play represented the complex and major conflicts of mankind's relationships that happened in a society.

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw is a play that shows a great change in the character Eliza Doolittle. As Eliza lives in poverty, she sells flowers to earn her living. Eliza does not have an education. This shows through the way that she does not have the most proper way of speaking. This happens through when Eliza is speaking to the other characters when she meets then when she is still at a low level of poverty in her life. To understand the reasons Eliza is able to change and be changed into an almost Cinderella like character. With Eliza going from and growing and changing through the hardship she faces. In the play Eliza begins with no confidence and works towards having a way to reach trough from learning during her life

First, it should be mentioned that the author divided the text into subtitles that guide a reader through reading. The fact that the author analyzes

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“Moving into an unfamiliar world will always be accompanied by challenges but such transitions create an environment for personal growth”

Overall the writer's goal is to narrate this event or situation in a way that the reader can fully experience and understand Throughout the essay Smith references different allusions. benefits of doing so is to allow the reader to comprehend in depth her ideas of a multiplicity in voice by using such different perspectives. One of her very first allusions was to Pygmalion, a play by George Shaw in 1913 based on greek mythology.

In George Bernard Shaw’s didactic, Victorian play Pygmalion, Linguistics Professor Henry Higgins’s perceptive ears are offended by the sound of Eliza’s lowly, Cockney accent, so he wishes to change it into a flawless, pleasant voice that would blend in among high society. Higgins is a sarcastic and rude character who treats Eliza badly throughout most of the play, sometimes not even acknowledging her presence. This brings up the question of why she tolerates his rudeness. What drove Eliza to change? Change is desired when we face conflicts that must be resolved. Another question this play presents is: What does it mean to be high class? Is it as Henry Higgins says it is, that it is just the proper way of speaking? Can the “right”

It is through the use of the semiotic elemets discussed within the essay, that allowed the audience to gain a deeper understanding of what the play explored. By linking charcters to objects, it allows them to have a continual presence on stage and reminds the audience of their development from the start. It is through this that we see how charcters have grown from their expericens or how some have allwoed it to isolate them from those surrounding. The truth can have a pwoerful impact on an individual and this importance is highlighted through lighting choices that essentally control and captivate an audiences attention. The two elements combined creates a performance that resonates with those watching and leaves them with an ending that can

Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw, describes Shaw’s viewpoint on social class distinctions in the 1900s by describing characters of the upper, middle, and lower classes in the play. Through the characters’ descriptions, language, and actions, the distinction between classes becomes very prominent. Similarly, Galileo, by Bertolt Brecht, describes Brecht’s take on the social class structure during Galileo’s time and how the differences between classes affected Galileo’s opportunity to do scientific research. Both plays depict a society ruled by the upper-class and a lack of coherence among the upper, middle, and lower classes that leads to eventual conflict. In both Pygmalion and Galileo, the authors highlight the advantages and disadvantages of the different social classes in order to critique how the relationships between people from different classes affect their interactions with each other.

Bernard Shaw’s play, Pygmalion, places substantial emphasis on the different social hierarchies in the early 20th century. This play was set in London England, where the upper classes believed that their behaviours, in particular elocution and appearance were much more appropriate in comparison to the lower classes. The more privileged classes believed that all the people who spoke articulately were at the top of the social scale, an assumption that was explored and challenged by Shaw through the characterisation and modification of Eliza. In the opening of scene of the play where Higgins was guessing where people were from based on their accents and dialect, he asked Eliza, “…How did

In many cases in Act II, he speaks about Eliza as if she isn't there:

“Pygmalion was written to challenge the class system, traditional stereotypes and the audience’s own views.”

Social standing is central to the plot of George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion”. The portrayal of class identity in Shaw’s play appears to be a criticism of the distinctions between high society and the poorer classes in Victorian England. Shaw’s aim was to portray how the upper-crust of Victorian society viewed the lower classes, as evidenced by Higgins’ treatment of Eliza upon her first visit to his laboratory; Higgins treats her as though she is too stupid to understand that he is insulting her. The assumption is that the wealthy view the lower classes as being somehow lesser. So what is it that Shaw is trying to impart upon the reader? Shaw appeared to show open disdain not just for the upper class of society but for society in general, and Pygmalion may be interpreted as an open criticism of class distinctions in Victorian England.

By naming his drama "Pygmalion," Shaw reminds people of the ancient Pygmalion Myth. Pygmalion, a sculptor, makes a beautiful statue and falls in love with his own creation. He prays that life may be granted to it. The gods give him his wish. The statue becomes a living girl named Galatea. In Shaw's play, Eliza, the heroine, is transformed from a flower girl into a graceful lady. This change is like that of a stone into a statue of perfect beauty. But just as