For my Pygmalion performance, I decided to do a scene from Act II where Eliza encounters Higgins and Pickering for the first time together in the mansion. One of the main reasons why I chose this part of the play was because it was a starting point for important things that later takes place in the story. This was the initial point where Eliza meets Higgins and has a decent conversation about what she wants to do with her future, and in the end it results in Higgins making that decision for her. The scene indicates that even though Higgins is a “professional”, he is definitely not the right person to change Eliza. It is also revealed throughout this scene that while Higgins is an expert phonetician, he has some flaws such as his constant swearing, lack of manners, quarrelsome nature, and his other bad habits. Eliza proposes that she doesn’t want to be just a common flower girl and instead wants to be the owner of a flower shop, therefore her proposal to Higgins to actually teach her how to speak like one. (Act II) And that’s why this scene was very important to the storyline an...
Giovanni and Aylmer demonstrate manipulation of authority over women in order to pursue their unhealthy infatuation with scientific experimentation. The capability to exercise this desire while controlling another human’s life threatens the Romantic ideal of love for the natural world.
This book is a good book. "What I was really hanging around for, I was trying to feel some kind of a good-by. I mean I've left schools and places I didn't even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don't care if it's a sad good-by or a bad good-by, but when I leave a place I like to know I'm leaving it. If you don't, you feel even worse. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 1
The fictional novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is one of the first popular endurance novels of it’s time. The Lord of the Flies takes place during World War 2 and during this time, children were being brought out of war zones via plane. A group of boys were being evacuated from their homes to escape the war, when their plane crashed on a remote island, the only survivors a group of young boys. The island that they landed on would become the center for their savageous “game”, until they get rescued at the end of the novel. Once arriving on the island, Ralph, the book’s hero, is voted leader by the boys and he sets out to create a functioning and reasonable civilization amongst the boys. Conflict is present right away when Jack, the
Charles Baxter's short stories are well-known for the strong presents of ordinary people encountering extraordinary strangers who disturb their lives. “Gryphon” written by Charles Baxter is not an exception. The story is filled with characters that are awaken from their boring lives and transported into a world of possibilities. As a central idea of the story, Baxter's critics often mention “middle America's” conventions, and the effect it has on anyone who does not fit the mold. Within “Gryphon” the reader experiences a few days in the life of fourth grade class; specifically, a few days spent with a unique substitute teacher. The narrative outlines, on many occasions, the unsureness in the face of the unknown. Is the society ready to accept someone who deviates from the limits of the norm?
The Metamorphosis of Tom in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams In Tennessee William's play, The Glass Menagerie, the character of Tom is both a son and a brother. Tom has also been forced into the role of the man of the house because of his father's departure. He is very unique and somewhat unpredictable in his words and actions. Tom is selfish, yet caring, and he has a strong need for adventure.
In Perrine’s literature Allegory is described as, “a story that has a second meaning beneath the surface (288).” In the story “Young Goodman Brown” He leaves his wife, Faith for travel. On the trip he meets the devil that waited for him at a tree and greeted him by name. Goodman says to him, “Faith kept me waiting (293).” In this story faith is not only his wife it is also his faith in the Lord. Throughout this story Goodman is on a trip with the devil as Goodman’s faith grows weaker and weaker. While on this trip Goodman thinks he sees Faith. He then starts to cry out for faith, but all that is left is Faiths pink ribbon. Goodman states that, “My Faith is gone (298).” Through the rest of the story Goodman still questions himself about his
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Carver progresses the narrator’s tone throughout the story, from disdainful to cautious to introspective by developing his relationship with Robert, and forcing them to interact with each other, to express that false presumptions about strangers, based on someone else’s experience or stories, can be misleading.
In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”, Goodman Brown struggles with staying pure and not giving in to the devil. Hawthorne utilizes allegory and ambiguity to leave unanswered questions for the reader.
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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 experiences. Learning through the other characters Eliza meets through out the play. Eliza grows stronger and shows how she is able to change her ways one can understand how she is able to change and makes these changes by seeing her through poverty, how she is interacting with the other characters in the play, and through the things she learns from the options that are provided to her. Eliza’s beginning education skills of learning to speak clearly through learning diction, etiquette, and looking proper for society. In addition, from how Eliza feels rich when she has money from the broken flowers and when she is able to be riding in the taxi, her ideas showing her strong will her insistence on marrying Freddy. Both Eliza and Cinderella grow up in poverty, have a stepmother figure, have a fairy godmother figure, arrive at the ball, show confidence, and married. By comparing and contrasting Eliza to Cinderella, we can better understand why and how Eliza changes.
Based on the oil paintings of Muntean and Rosenblum, there is a sense that the portraits desire a second look and to be understood by on lookers, because the paintings themselves convey messages of desperation through form and color. It is almost as if each picture tells its own story and has its own caption that must be determined and interpreted by those whom observe it. In fact, the story to be told is completely reliant on those who view the painting and possess personal experiences that can be connected to the piece. The reasons behind these interpretations relate mostly to color, value, shape and use of lines in the works of Muntean and Rosenblum.
George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion is based on an ancient Greek myth where a sculptor fell in love with a statue he created himself. In this play, Shaw tells a story of the protagonist, Eliza Doolittle, a poor flower gi...
Henry Higgins the phonetician sees the difference between the rich and the poor through their outside appearance, how they talk, walk, dress and eat. Professor Higgins sees that the barriers between classes could be over come in six months, and that changing somebody's looks and their way of pronouncing words means upgrading them to a higher social class, but in spite of this, he treats people equally, and his behavior is absolute rudeness to all.
*Practically ever speech in this play contains examples of Dublin dialect mispronunciation. Typical samples include vowel sounds distorted and spelt phonetically: