The Ways Eliza Changes Over the Course of the Play
The play "Pygmalion" by George Bernad Shaw is one of the famous
English plays in the world. The main theme and name of the play was
taken from Greek Myth, called "Pygmalion", which a beautiful woman
sculpture became a real woman. In contrast, the main story of this
play is that a young flower girl Eliza Doolittle became a duchess in
the ambassador's party. During the play, she's changing in many ways
from the start to at the end, and the changes of Eliza, the main theme
of this play, should be mentioned in this essay.
When Eliza Doolittle appears herself in Chapter 1, she was just same
shape as other low class people. She wore same thing as other low
class people wear, and looks dirty because she did not wash her body.
In linguistically, her pronunciation and grammar were terrible, and
she has a London accent, so it was hard to understand her talking.
However, although she was lower class people, she was always proud,
and did not afraid to the other person. This quote expresses how she
thinks herself; "I'm good girl, I am!".
Most of main characters are shown in Chapter 1, such as Eliza, Henry
Higgins and Colonel Pickering. When they met first time at the portico
of the church, Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering did not have so
much interest in Eliza, but only a common flower girl. It was same
feeling to the mother and the daughter who met Eliza at first.
She started to change in chapter 2, after Professor Higgins accepted
to teach her. Higgins ordered to Mrs. Pearce to clean and wash up
Eliza, and her dirty appearance and cloths were disappeared. In
physically, she was tu...
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middle class society. It was a serious gap for her.
When her appearance changed a lot in many ways, her mind did not
change so much. She still had strong mind on her, even after education
for became a lady. That's why she was left Professor Higgins who did
not mind on her, and married with Freddy, who care her more lovely
than Professor Higgins. George Bernard Shaw portrays Eliza as a strong
woman.
From the beginning, she was just a common flower girl, which was lower
class. However, after the lessons by Professor Higgins, she became a
lady finally. During the lesson, she learned about English languages,
the manners of the middle class, and behavior. She was confused what
she is, but she had a strong mind on her, so she could overcome the
gap. Whatever it changes, she is still Miss Eliza Doolittle!
When she had the fever and was dying at Bush Hill, her caretaker said, “Oh, my, now that’s looking much better, isn’t it? You’ve beat the Grim Reaper, you have, lassie.” This states that she recovered from something that killed most others and that she was very strong willed. Likewise, she also defended her house from thieves. “ ‘You cut me,’ he said in disbelief. ‘The wench cut me with the sword.’ ‘Get out of my house, before I cut out your heart.’ I raised the sword and ran at him.” This shows that she was willing to defend herself and others and that she was “...a fighter, no doubt about that.” Strictly speaking, this shows the theme of the novel to be
wealth, it goes on to tell how she could do nothing to resist and was
he was, saved his life many times, and left her homeland to follow her love
changed over time. She talks about her basic philosophy about the positive aspects of these changes
her and her ways. She wasn't strong enough to make the trip by herself, but
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A coquette is a woman who flirts without a sincere affection to gain the attention of the man. Eliza Wharton does her fair share of flirting in Hannah Webster Foster’s novel. She is stubborn and refuses all the advice she is offered. Eliza misses things right in front of her and doesn’t realize her mistakes until it is too late. Eliza Wharton was responsible for her own downfall.
only answered by the firesnakes who nip and tug at her flesh. Still she is not
changes as the play progresses. Early on in the play, she is full of ambition;
Moreover, she’s a pain hider. She hid sorrow from the whole world all her life, built over it and stood headstrong every single time.
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"A View From A Bridge" is a play by Arthur Miller. It is set in 1950s
Lydia is here the portrait of an independent, clever and rational woman. She seems to be a stronger...
1. How does the opening scene contrast with what happens at the end of the story?
she really is. Perhaps this is the author’s method of making her a believable character.