Tasha Trevino
Instructor LaSalle
English 1b
13 December 2016
Pygmalion
The play Pygmalion is written by George Bernard Shaw. It narrates the story of how key aspects of contribute to the shaping the life of a young girl. Living a life full of poverty and struggling can be overwhelming. If given a chance, most of us would spend the rest of our lives trying to change our fortunes. Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw is based on the life of a poor young flower girl who is disrespected and despised due to her physical appearance and the way she speaks, since it does not meet to the standards of upper mid class society. When an opportunity arises, she enrolls in language classes so as to gain the change of her societal status by gaining the respect …show more content…
The young girl is Eliza Doolittle who plays the protagonist. Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering are two opposing linguistics who are interested in teaching Eliza and almost treating her as if she was an experiment. Alfred Doolittle is Eliza’s father, who eventually changes throughout the story and sooner or later regrets it. Mrs. Higgins is the mother of Professor Higgins, and Freddy Eynsford Hill is Eliza’s lover. Language plays a vital role in connecting and separating people as highlighted by Professor Higgins in the play. The play is bounded by the master use of the language, and how it applies on society.
In the play Pygmalion, the society that Eliza lived had a well-structured societal class. The twentieth century is widely considered the era of Victorian revolution in Britain. This era …show more content…
Shaw 's Pygmalion demonstrates, a person’s capability to advance from their social class by means of their inherent equality. Through an individual’s innate equality and inner sense of equivalence, an individual’s humanity necessitates social equality. However, individuals are separated into social classes and limited by their behavior. Nevertheless, advancement through social classes is possible through the desire to advance and to become more knowledgeable. Furthermore, a change in basic social habits achieves the re-creation of an individual. Moreover, the way we speak as human beings in society, determines who and what we are in this world and what place we land in
Instructor LaSalle
English 1b
13 December 2016
Pygmalion
The play Pygmalion is written by George Bernard Shaw. It narrates the story of how key aspects of contribute to the shaping the life of a young girl. Living a life full of poverty and struggling can be overwhelming. If given a chance, most of us would spend the rest of our lives trying to change our fortunes. Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw is based on the life of a poor young flower girl who is disrespected and despised due to her physical appearance and the way she speaks, since it does not meet to the standards of upper mid class society. When an opportunity arises, she enrolls in language classes so as to gain the change of her societal status by gaining the respect …show more content…
The young girl is Eliza Doolittle who plays the protagonist. Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering are two opposing linguistics who are interested in teaching Eliza and almost treating her as if she was an experiment. Alfred Doolittle is Eliza’s father, who eventually changes throughout the story and sooner or later regrets it. Mrs. Higgins is the mother of Professor Higgins, and Freddy Eynsford Hill is Eliza’s lover. Language plays a vital role in connecting and separating people as highlighted by Professor Higgins in the play. The play is bounded by the master use of the language, and how it applies on society.
In the play Pygmalion, the society that Eliza lived had a well-structured societal class. The twentieth century is widely considered the era of Victorian revolution in Britain. This era …show more content…
Shaw 's Pygmalion demonstrates, a person’s capability to advance from their social class by means of their inherent equality. Through an individual’s innate equality and inner sense of equivalence, an individual’s humanity necessitates social equality. However, individuals are separated into social classes and limited by their behavior. Nevertheless, advancement through social classes is possible through the desire to advance and to become more knowledgeable. Furthermore, a change in basic social habits achieves the re-creation of an individual. Moreover, the way we speak as human beings in society, determines who and what we are in this world and what place we land in