ELIZA

A large clearing in the forest, there is a lake bordering the right side of the clearing. And a very large hollowed tree towers over the clearing. It is very late in the night, but the moon is full and illuminating the clearing. ELIZA WISHART is sitting in front of the tree with her head on her knees. She is holding a small pocket knife. The word “sorry” has been carved into the bottom of the tree. ELIZA: I’m sorry, I’m so sorry Laura; this is all my fault. I followed you here, I watched you climb the tree and I watched you jump. I saw the rope being pulled taut by the weight of your body. I saw the rope tighten and your neck snap. I could’ve stopped you. Why didn’t I stop you? (Pause) They’re looking for you, the sergeant, Mum and Dad; they…

“The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated”(page 120). In the book Pygmalion written by George Bernard Shaw, the main character Eliza Doolittle started off as a flower girl in the gutter, soon after a man named Henry Higgins a phonetic instructor brought her in and taught her how to speak like a duchess. However, Eliza has changed her outer appearance immensely, she remains the same woman internally. Eliza Doolittle has a very strong…

her own good. This dangerous trait, in addition to weak morals lead dear Eliza down a path that ended in her demise. This entire tale furthers the belief that a woman’s value is indeed found in her genitals. Without virtue a woman is essentially a waste. Many of the characters can easily be categorized into the two standards set by the cult of domesticity; the fallen woman and the perfect lady. Foster uses not only Eliza as an example, but other characters as well, she uses the other woman in…

The letter was written by Eliza Stacey to her father in law, Edward Stacey, impassionately described the hardships of her current situation at home, due to her husband's imprisonment. Eliza Stacey wrote her letter to persuade her father in law to help her family once again. Eliza Stacey opened her letter by stating her current hopelessness and sorrowfully reported the misery that her family went through. The opening sentence is highly exaggerated and unqualified. The mood of the letter is…

To begin with this book is very different I would say but definitely a great read. What I thought was very interesting was even though it was a like a dystopia type feel it made it much more attractible due to the fact that it was in the United States so as a reader I could relate, especially when talking about real landmarks in the New York area. The story on the other hand is very odd, but one of the themes I get from it is loneliness and self identity issues. This starts when you find out…

mother, a fucking bitch that had no decency to name her goddamn son. Taken up by a nurse at the hospital, after being abandoned by his mother, the nameless child was brought into the home of a single 23-year-old nurse without a fucking clue. This nurse was named Eliza Mentell, an Italian broad with a nice looking face and a better-looking ass. Eliza had the type of smile that’d make a man feel like that smile was meant for him, and in an odd way it always was. She liked to pretend to be smart,…

Bernard Shaw introduces Eliza Doolittle as a basic, common, low class flower girl with horrible English and horrid manners, a total guttersnipe. However, even so, she is portrayed to be extremely intelligent, has good ear for sound, a good memory, and an intense desire to better herself and her circumstances. She first enters the scene when she is attempting to solicit money from Colonel Pickering, but then she changes her tune. She wishes to adopt middle-class manners, something both her…

In May of 1885, Eliza Shelby went to bed with her three sons. The following morning, the family she worked for heard screams coming from the small servant’s house Shelby lived in. When the master of the house went to investigate, he found Eliza on the ground with her brain oozing out of her skull. When examined further by the police, they found a hole in her head and multiple stab wounds all across her body. This time there were footprints and one of the boys saw the attacker. He said he was not…

Eliza Noh was born in Texas. Her parents were Korean and Vietnamese. They pushed their daughters to do well in school. From a young age, the sisters were pressured to maintain the stereotype that Asians are naturally smart. While the standards they set were high enough, her sister was held to an even higher standard. She was older therefore expected to do better. This caused many rifts between her and her parent. Listening to these arguments led Eliza to avoid emotional involvement. While her…

Eliza Pickeny was the daughter of George Lucas who was a British Army lieutenant-colonel and lieutenant governor of Antigua. They do not know that much about her mother. When she was young her father sent her to school which was odd for a women in that era of time. While her father was in the war she had to control the plantations that her farther owned. She teaches of the African American women to read and write so they can teach there kids. She is known for having a lot of plantations for…