unit of African American men‚ led by Colonel Robert Shaw‚ whom I have chosen to compare. The Colonel is a white man who fights the bigotry of the enemy‚ who have vowed to kill any officers who lead the troops and by his own commanding officers who have kept them out of the war to do their dirty work. Colonel Shaw starts the War eager and zealous for the fight‚ the battle of Antietam leaves his disillusioned and wounded. Synopsis Robert Shaw grew up in a life of wealth and privilege in Boston
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Shaw was an unashamedly didactic writer. Does Shaw’s use of humor and wit in this instance enhance or detract from the demonstration of a serious philosophical dilemma? George Bernard Shaw was a didactic playwright who seeked to instruct rather than entertain in his works. Furthermore‚ his use of humor and wit in this extract from Act II enhances the demonstration of the serious philosophical dilemma. The dilemma consists of Dr. Ridgeon having to decide whether to give the cure to Blenkinsop
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depicting the new‚ commercial‚ industrialized city with its slums and dysfunctional families.” Pg. 36 -differences between American and European realism -who started it/how did it start Realism and Reality On G.B. Shaw: first paragraph‚ pg. 197 (his quote) “Shaw meets the demands of theatricality to such an extent as is only to be found in contemporary melodrama and farce; he spares no pains to stir the audience by means of visual and highly emotional appeal.” Pg. 197 Beyond Naturalism
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Jackson Wise English 4 4A October 15 2012 Metamorphoses in Pygmalion Pygmalion is a play written by George Bernard Shaw that is based on a poem called Metamorphoses‚ written by Ovid. The play and the poem are very similar in the themes‚ but the actual stories are not alike. Ovid’s version of Pygmalion is about a sculpture and its creator who falls in love with a woman who he created and brings her to life. Shaw’s version of Pygmalion is about a low-class flower girl who is turned into a
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What is Andragogy and how is it relevant to training and development? Topic 1: What is Andragogy and how is it relevant to training and development? Andragogy is the term used to describe ‘the art and science of teaching adults’ (Delahaye‚ 2011). It focuses on the post-school vocational education‚ where the adults learning needs are the main importance and also should allow them to take responsibility for their own learning (Delahaye‚ 2011). In this sense‚ the differences between andragogy and
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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable‚ but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw Nothing is impossible‚ the word itself says ’I’m possible’! Audrey Hepburn Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. Mark Twain Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can
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English II 3 December 2013 Paper III Self-evaluation is critical to being your best self. In Pygmalion‚ George Bernard Shaw depicts Eliza Doolittle as becoming highly motivated to address her issues in hopes of a better life through the help of phonetician Henry Higgins and his associate Colonel Pickering. While this is a quality Eliza holds‚ Higgins does not. Being born into the upper class and having become extremely skilled in his speech profession‚ his manners lack tenfold. This is not something
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George Bernard Shaw once wrote: "There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it." Clearly‚ Shaw had his heart broken once or twice. Shaw was right. As we strain to grasp the things we desire‚ the things we think will make our lives better: money‚ popularity‚ fame... we ignore what truly matters‚ the simple things‚ like friendship‚ family‚ love. The things we probably already had. This year‚ I got everything I wanted and everything I wished for. But
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How do you respond to the presentation of Professor Henry Higgins in ‘Pygmalion’? Professor Henry Higgins is one of the main characters in Pygmalion‚ written by Bernard Shaw. Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins meet one rainy night in Covent Garden. We soon find out that Eliza Doolittle is a common flower girl by the way she speaks‚ ‘Garn. Oh do buy a flower off me Captain.‘(very cockney dialect) and the man who is taking notes of very thing she says is Professor Henry Higgins. He teaches Eliza
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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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