Discuss the different ways of representing class conflicts. Pygmalion‚ Bernard Shaw‚ 1914 My Fair Lady‚ George Cukor‚ 1964 “As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men‚ I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.” This famous quotation of French playwright Molière proves how powerfully theater and social criticism are linked‚ and how in its different genres‚ drama as well as comedy‚ theater can‚ and maybe must‚ be a way of communicating and expressing the human and society’s flaws
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REVIEW OF MOVIE: MY FAIR LADY It has been theorized that the ability to communicate through language made the human species possible and in the same way‚ each individual becomes humanized as he/she enters into verbal communication with those around (Simmons-McDonald). If this statement is accepted as true‚ then it follows that the continued development of the human species depends on each individual being able to participate effectively in the process of communication. Was this the message
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The quote “Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair” that is said by the three witches towards the beginning of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ can be applied to Lady Macbeth’s character. Lady Macbeth showed that her personality consisted of acting in a fair manner to deceive others of her true foul intentions. William Shakespeare sheds light over Lady Macbeth’s true colors when she received news from her husband about him one day becoming king. Lady Macbeth’s foul desire for power was strong enough for her
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that he can train the flower seller‚ Eliza Doolittle‚ as a graceful‚ high-class lady. Also‚ Professor Higgins wants to make everyone believe that Eliza were from the high society. However‚ Eliza has such a thick accent that she has to practice for a very long time and have many lessons of pronunciation. Although Professor Higgins’ attitude is bad‚ he still teaches Eliza the correct pronunciation and manners like a fair maiden earnestly. Throughout a long progress of strict learning‚ Eliza makes little
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overall themes of the works should be the same and the movie should remain true to mid-weighted aspects of the original source. George Cukor’s My Fair Lady shares a practically identical plot with its source material‚ George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. This being said‚ certain aspects of the overall story are brought to the forefront or hidden through My Fair Lady’s use of song and dance. When the audience examines the small but important differences in the scripts of both works‚ it is evident that
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On April 22‚ 2017‚ five classmates and I took part volunteering at the 9Health Fair. Before showing up we all were e-mailed instructions on the Health fair protocols for taking blood pressure (BP)‚ performing Body Mass index (BMI) and pulse oximetry (02 sat). When arriving we all kind of gravitated to a station. I ended up working with Allie and Karen in the BP/02 sat Station. When the fair began‚ it seemed that we were pretty slow‚ so I volunteered to stand by the blood draw station informing
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learned from watching “How to on Career Fairs”‚ was how to make a great first impression on the firm. Before I attended the career fair‚ I looked the companies that were attending the career fair; so that‚ I was able to research firms I wanted to specifically talk to. This gave me an edge over the competition‚ because I had knowledge of the company prior to the meeting; where others had to ask what the business accomplishes. As I was attending my first career fair‚ I intended to observe the student and
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Reflections The Lady of Shalott In Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott‚” the eponymous Lady is cursed to spend her life alone‚ weaving in the top of a tower‚ with a mirror as her only window to the outside world. Though she is trapped against her will‚ “in her web she still delights / to weave the mirror’s magic sights”. Into her endless tapestry‚ she weaves in all the images shown to her in the mirror‚ such as funerals‚ weddings‚ and the people who pass by on the road to Camelot. This
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Introducing Lady Macbeth into the Play and the Consequences of the Loss of Confidentiality of the Future It wasn’t until Scene number 5 of the first act of the play Macbeth that the crusial character of Lady Macbeth is introduced. In order to slow down the introduction of this character‚ and therefore create suspense and curiosity on the audience‚ the scene starts as she reads a letter from her husband. This letter informs her of the witches’ prophecy. After this the first blink into Lady Macbeth’s
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about the fundamentals of health promotion and how it was done in different parts of the world. But what I wasn’t aware of was that the entire class was to partake in promoting good health in our own community via the Health Fair! When the assignment was first introduced‚ my initial thinking was that working in groups was something I personally never really favored in the past. Then there was the actual interaction with the community‚ specifically those who are at the flea market. I have been to
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