is a human thing‚ and allows the traces or imprints 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
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Kim‚ Silvia Per. 2 Caesar and Cleopatra The play “Caesar and Cleopatra” by Bernard Shaw‚ entails the concept of irony and the ambition for political power. Cleopatra being a “white cat” is the same as being impotent and innocent. On the other hand‚ Caesar is omnipotent and has the ability to govern as a true king. Cleopatra not having the imperial instincts of Caesar is desperately in need of power. She wants to learn to rule with a “Roman heart”. Cleopatra wants Caesar to make her the
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banned for a full 8 years before finally being allowed to play on stage. Throughout Shaw’s play he outlines men to be immoral and sexually corrupt. He achieves this through his characterisation of Sir George Crofts‚ who despite knowing that Vivie may be his daughter admits‚ ‘I fell attracted’‚ Shaw here presents a man whose personality agrees entirely with the critic‚ he has no uncertainty in regard to his attraction to her only that Praed ‘set [his] mind at rest’. Furthermore he admits to having
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Pre-Study Visit “Progress is impossible without change‚ and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything”. Words of one of the world’s greatest playwrights‚ George Bernard Shaw. Indeed‚ one might think that after hearing such negative comments about the site‚ no one would even dare to attempt having the site participate in the study. But who is to say that within this seemingly short period of a year that the site has not learnt from its mistakes and picked itself up from there? We
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The Way of the World By William Congreve Play Summary Before the action of the play begins‚ the following events are assumed to have taken place. Mirabell‚ a young man-about-town‚ apparently not a man of great wealth‚ has had an affair with Mrs. Fainall‚ the widowed daughter of Lady Wishfort. To protect her from scandal in the event of pregnancy‚ he has helped engineer her marriage to Mr. Fainall‚ a man whom he feels to be of sufficiently good reputation to constitute a respectable match‚ but
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she’s treated. I shall always be a flower girl to Professor Higgins‚ because he always treats me as a flower girl‚ and always will; but I know I can be a lady to you‚ because you always treat me as a lady‚ and always will." This quotation from George Bernard Shaw’s play‚ PYGMALION‚ suggests that a person’s place in society is largely a matter of how he or she is treated by others. This also perfectly describes the effect of teachers’ behaviour and expectations on students‚ the pygmalion effect‚ which
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A Character Essay on Eliza: Pygmalion The story of Pygmalion is based on a classical myth‚ and Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion plays on the complicated relationships in a social setting. Professor Henry Higgins takes Eliza Doolittle to teach her the art of phonetics and to refine her manners. Eliza was‚ at first a poor flower girl‚ but by the end of the play‚ is transformed so much‚ she is even mistaken for a duchess. It is obvious throughout the play that Eliza is changing in many aspects; the most obvious
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Q 1.Discuss the plot of Dr.Faustus The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus‚ commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus‚ is a play byChristopher Marlowe‚ based on the German story Faust‚ in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge.Doctor Faustus‚ a well-respected German scholar‚ grows dissatisfied with the limits of traditional forms of knowledge—logic‚ medicine‚ law‚ and religion—and decides that he wants to learn to practice magic. He begins his new
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like a man in a suit of armor and leading the French troops against the in English in the Hundred Years War. Eventually being apprehended Joan was turned over to the English but tried by the French clerics who surprisingly supported the English. George Bernard‚ author of Saint Joan‚ wrote the play based on Arc’s life. A character in the play is the Inquisitor. The church court whose members decided Joan’s fate was to hear out the Inquisitor’s speech against her. (insert thesis statement here) According
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Describe the primary ways in which Eliza Doolittle changes in the course of the play. Which is the most important transformation‚ and what clues does Shaw give us to indicate this? While Eliza Doolittle is being remade‚ Victorian society itself can be said to be unmade. How does Shaw reveal the pruderies‚ hypocrisies‚ and inconsistencies of this higher society to which the kerbstone flower girl aspires? Do his sympathies lie with the lower or upper classes? "The great secret‚ Eliza‚ is not having
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