Film Review: “My Fair Lady” “My Fair Lady” is a classic 1964 film produced by Jack Warner and James Katz and Directed by George Cukor. The film’s protagonist‚ an ambitious Phonetician‚ Professor Higgins‚ promises to transform the life and socio-economic status of a poor flower girl‚ the female protagonist‚ Eliza‚ by teaching her to speak Standard English and the ‘proper’ way to behave. He aspires to “change her into a different human being by creating a new speech for her.” By doing this he suggests
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My Fair Lady Reflection In the movie‚ there are some gender issues. In 1970s‚ women receive the unfair treatments. They could not live in the sex equality lives. Men always thought women were born for marrying with them‚ and their wives had to service them as the God. At that time‚ men usually went out for work‚ but women should stay home and do the household chores. In this way‚ men oppressed women indirectly. I think it is the sexism; males should not have the prejudice to women. Until now‚ these
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Review of My Fair Lady‚ as put on by Big League Productions Last month I saw a wonderful production of the musical “My Fair Lady” at Jesse Hall as a part of the University of Missouri Concert Series in Columbia. Big League Productions‚ Inc. is the touring theatre company who put on the show. They brought their own set‚ which consisted of a study in which most of the scenes took place‚ as well as the street entrance to the home of Prof. Higgins. There was also an elaborate backdrop used for the scenes
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My fair lady reflection For seeing several Audrey’s movies‚ this is the one that impressed me so much. In the beginning of the story‚ Audrey plays a flower girl named Eliza. She met Professor Higgins‚ who told her “Why it can’t be English?” Higgins could identify people from their accents. As during that time‚ only people from upper middle class or high class societies had the opportunities to learn proper English. And people spoke different accents or dialects according to the area they were born
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LEVEL 3 My Fair Lady Alan Jay Lerner acquaintance‚ Colonel Pickering‚ that after six months of lessons with him‚ he could teach Eliza to speak with such a pure upper-class accent that no one would be able to tell where she came from. Chapter 2: Eliza’s father‚ Alfred Doolittle was thrown out of the pub as he hasn’t got enough money to pay for his drinks. Eliza gives him some money. About the author My Fair Lady was originally a stage musical based on the play Pygmalion by George
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Understanding the two texts “My fair Lady” and “Pretty Woman” have greatly developed and reshaped the indepth comparison of the both studied texts. Texts reflect the concerns of in time in which they are written. The fantastic team work of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederic Lowe made My Fair Lady‚ an outstanding success in 1962. The story revolves around Eliza Doolittle‚ an unmannered cockney flower girl from Covent Garden‚ who agrees to take speech lessons from phonetician Henry Higgins in order
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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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say that someone has the qualities of being a duchess‚ we mean that they are loved‚ likeable‚ interesting and pleasant to be with. What are the qualities ladies need to possess in having a “duchess” personality? A woman with knowledge‚ wit‚ sense of humor‚ style‚ feminine demeanor and manners‚ hygiene‚ subtlety‚ modesty and humility make her a lady with pleasing personality. Furthermore‚ a woman with elegance turns out more to be a woman of “duchess” personality. Being elegant is being feminine and
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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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