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    marriage and is saying it is okay. Overall Effectiveness of the Satire: I think the satire is effective. It shows people the governments’ true beliefs on same sex marriage and the way they are taking care of other issues. The main techniques used in this episode is sarcasm; when Stewie tells Meg it is okay for guys to marry other guys and for her to get going on it is basically saying that Stewie and others believe she is a guy. The satire was effective enough to make me laugh but to also think about

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    Satire in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn In the novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ makes use of satire to undermine the morals and beliefs that are upheld in modern people. By underscoring the follies of everyday people‚ he reveals the real‚ sycophantic ways of people‚ where morals and beliefs are only upheld if the majority believes it also. The fear that people have of being ostracized hinders them to change and defy the majority. When Sherburn killed the town drunk

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    the way values have been maintained and changed. Discuss with reference to the text from the past and it’s appropriation. The intended audience of both Pygmalion‚ by George Bernard Shaw and Pretty Woman‚ directed by Garry Marshall was the mass of society at the time of composition. This is seen through the choice of the form of each text‚ Pygmalion is a play because in the early twentieth centaury this was the popular way of spreading ideas and Pretty Woman is a Hollywood film‚ a current form of mass

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    something through a feminist criticism lens‚ it means they are looking at the movie or book to try and find parts that speak on women and their position in the world. Throughout Pygmalion‚ Pretty Woman‚ and My Fair Lady‚ there are multiple messages that can be understood about women and their role in society. Pygmalion‚ an old Greek myth‚ has the least to say about women‚ but there is still something to be learned. When the story says the women are prostitutes‚ it is showing women as scandalous

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    designates the excitement‚ vigor‚ and advancement behind women who have exploded out the confines of domestic duty and into the work force of Britain by sidelining them with the ‘newest ideas’. However‚ Shaw is suppressing women; the main character in Pygmalion is Eliza Doolittle is a poor‚ young woman and Professor Higgins is influenced by a bet to turn into a fine young woman by teaching her to speak correctly. Although Higgins is giving her the chance to learn how to speak like a lady‚ it is not through

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    SUMMARY – Act 1-5 Act 1 All characters (except Mrs Higgins and Alfred Doolittle) are introduced. Eliza‚ the poor flower girl‚ gets knocked over by Freddy and makes a scene‚ which attracts the attention of phonetics enthusiast‚ Henry Higgins. Henry Higgins insults her lack of education and class‚ which also attracts an audience. Mr. Higgins is acquainted with Colonel Pickering who has come from India to work with him. At the end of the scene Higgins gives Eliza enough money for her to get into

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    Module A – Experience Through Language “Distinctive Voices” Analysis Table – Pygmalion (NOTES TO USE IN ESSAYS / EXTENDED RESPONSES) |Technique |Evidence (include Act/page number) |EFFECT in relation to “Distinctive Voices” | | | |Consider how “voice” and Shaw’s use

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    Tragedy. The importance of Being Ernest sways more toward the Comedy side of the scale. This play is filled with satire and comedic situations. Throughout the storyline‚ Jack (or Ernest) is a snake wanting to live two separate lives but keeps tripping up and this causes the unveiling of his twisted-up life. There are several different aspects of the play that point to comedy. Satire plays a part in this by

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    In Pygmalion‚ George Bernard Shaw utilizes his protagonist Eliza to represent not only a gender or social role; but more in particular‚ how quickly those can all change. Although judged and cast as inferior for her job selling flowers alongside her almost indecipherable language‚ Eliza is completely transformed into a lady. Yet‚ interestingly it is not her actions that make her feel lady-like‚ but it is in how she is treated where she feels the most like a woman. Shaw becomes the “watchdog of

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    Du � PAGE �1� Middle Class Morality in Pygmalion Pygmalion is a brilliant play written by Bernard Shaw that gives us an idea of the value in the Victorian era through the witty and rousing lines of his characters. The message Shaw tried to limn through his genius work is vividly drawn and is dearly ambiguous to anyone who is paying attention. In Pygmalion‚ Shaw focused his theme on the Victorian decorum of the contemporary society‚ which is named in many parts of Mr. Doolittle’s speech in the

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