Today I will be commenting on an excerpt from Pygmallion‚ written by Bernard Shaw. This play was first presented in 1912. Pygmalion is a play that focuses on Eliza Doolittle the main character and Higgins‚ the teacher. The storyline basically tells how Higgins teaches Eliza how to speak a proper English. The reason behind this was because the way someone spoke during the time Shaw wrote this play allowed people to define from what social class a person came from. B/c Eliza was from a lower class
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A fair maiden sat by the window gazing into the sky. She was the only daughter of Henry‚ the general who had been killed during the war. He remarried after Cinderella’s mothers’ death and then he left for the Great War. She was named Cinderella living with her step mother‚ Lady Tremaine. In addition to that she was no longer the only daughter as she had to sisters know. Lady Tremaine was the proudest and honest women in town‚ she was admired by the other people. She had three daughters Cinderella
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Fair Innings and Equal Opportunity The justification behind fair innings and equal opportunity as an age-based rationing tool‚ contains the idea that it would be best to allow people an equal opportunity to live for a long time‚ by shifting resources to the young so that they may also ideally reach the arbitrary ‘old age’ figure‚ thereby maximising the life-years saved. Kilner argues that such justification is dubious as it “places value on the potential life-years saved rather than the actual lives
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moreover‚ They could not‚ own property‚ have a job‚ attend schools‚ or have a bank account. Furthermore‚ Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare. It was written between 1603 and 1607 it was about a brave Scottish general named Macbeth who receives a prophesy from a trio of witches that one day Macbeth will become a king of Scotland .lady Macbeth likes the idea of becoming queen but she’s afraid that her husband is too full of human kindness .she’s eager for the chance to make him see the things the
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The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn Differences between the movie and the novel: In the movie Huck’s fortune amounts to $600; in the novel‚ it is $6000. The conmen are tarred and feathered in the film; in the novel‚ they escape and are tarred and feathered later. The Grangerford son that Huck befriends is Billy; in the novel‚ he is named Buck. In the movie the Grangerford’s feud with the Shepardsons is 30 years old; in the novel it is 20. Tom Sawyer is not mentioned in the film whereas in
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Pygmalion had the worst luck dating women; some were rude‚ others selfish. He was revolted by these faults. Eventually came to despise the female gender so much he vowed he would never marry. This discovery left him depressed so he turned to the arts and took up sculpting. He carved a statue out of ivory that was so exquisite and beautiful no living female could compare. Pygmalion fell in love with his statue and often laid hands upon her to reassure himself she was not real. He named her Galatea
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wearing ragged clothes showing that she doesn’t take care of herself properly. 2. How is the theme of status / class explored in this Act? How are members from each class represented? In Act 1‚ the stage directions also gives an indication between the social classes of each character. It allows the audience to get a sense of which social class each character belongs to from what is described about their clothing and personality. For example‚ the mother and the daughter is described to being
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of human use‚ not inherently but in its use. A text may promote obvious distinction between the authorial voice and character’s viewpoint. This can be seen in the play of Pygmalion in by George Bernard shaw and the film Pleasantville directed by Gary Ross. Both of these texts show distinctive voices through dialogue the use of dialogue which highlights the relationships and differences between characters. Pygmalion is a play in five acts. It is about a young woman named Eliza Doolittle who sells
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After Lady Philosophy distinguishes the difference between Providence and Fate‚ Boethius still questions the confusing concept of free will existing if Providence overlooks all things and their actions and if Fate controls the random events that occur in life. “But is there room in this chain of close-knit causes for any freedom of the will? Or does the chain of Fate bind even the impulses of the human mind?” (Boethius‚ 118). Lady Philosophy replies and says that it would be impossible for any being
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2013 The Difference between my Grandmother and Mother During my child hood‚ I had to go live with my grandmother who I consider as my mom. I use to wonder what it will be like if I go stay with my mother. My grandma always told me her rules are not the same as my mom and I am going to wish I had stayed home with her. I thought to myself what will be the difference between them is. Until one day‚ I decided to go live with my mother to experience the differences. I found out that my grandmother
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