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    Objectives    Understand Perception Identify the phases of perceptual process Understand:     Social Identity Theory Stereotyping Attribution Theory Self fulfilling prophecy Learn how to improve perceptions Perception - Meaning Perception   Receiving information about and making sense of the world around us Deciding:    What information to notice How to categorize information How to interpret information within the dynamics of selecting‚

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    the way values have been maintained and changed. Discuss with reference to the text from the past and it’s appropriation. The intended audience of both Pygmalion‚ by George Bernard Shaw and Pretty Woman‚ directed by Garry Marshall was the mass of society at the time of composition. This is seen through the choice of the form of each text‚ Pygmalion is a play because in the early twentieth centaury this was the popular way of spreading ideas and Pretty Woman is a Hollywood film‚ a current form of mass

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    minutes. After initial meetings with Linton and Scoville‚ they both mentioned that they were not fond or impressed by Harvard MBAs‚ and Benton left the meetings feeling like they were disinterested in her. Linton and Scoville both created the Pygmalion Effect in a downward spiral which had a direct effect on Benton’s behavior. Linton made it clear from the beginning that she and Scoville had a great relationship. They even seemed intimate at times. This was very uncomforting to Benton because she

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    PLOT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS Pygmalion is a primarily Shavian reworking of Ovid’s Metamorphoses with undertones of Cinderella. Romance and satire dominate both the play’s plot as well as style. Shaw takes a strong central situation--the transformation of a common flower girl into a lady--and surrounds it with superficial trimmings. There is technical innovation in the plot structure since Shaw‚ under the influence of Ibsen‚ replaces the stock Victorian formula of exposition‚ situation and unraveling

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    6. Comment on Pygmalion as a Shavian play. Pygmalion is a classic Shavian play in as far as it shows his feelings about the falsity of the class system and his belief that all humans are essentially equal and privilege should play no part in life. Higgins is also a very Shavian character with his inspired logic and bombastic deliver. Like all great Shavian drama Pygmalion is a richly complex play. It combines a central story of the transformation of a young woman with elements of myth‚ fairy tale

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    designates the excitement‚ vigor‚ and advancement behind women who have exploded out the confines of domestic duty and into the work force of Britain by sidelining them with the ‘newest ideas’. However‚ Shaw is suppressing women; the main character in Pygmalion is Eliza Doolittle is a poor‚ young woman and Professor Higgins is influenced by a bet to turn into a fine young woman by teaching her to speak correctly. Although Higgins is giving her the chance to learn how to speak like a lady‚ it is not through

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    something through a feminist criticism lens‚ it means they are looking at the movie or book to try and find parts that speak on women and their position in the world. Throughout Pygmalion‚ Pretty Woman‚ and My Fair Lady‚ there are multiple messages that can be understood about women and their role in society. Pygmalion‚ an old Greek myth‚ has the least to say about women‚ but there is still something to be learned. When the story says the women are prostitutes‚ it is showing women as scandalous

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    Module A – Experience Through Language “Distinctive Voices” Analysis Table – Pygmalion (NOTES TO USE IN ESSAYS / EXTENDED RESPONSES) |Technique |Evidence (include Act/page number) |EFFECT in relation to “Distinctive Voices” | | | |Consider how “voice” and Shaw’s use

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    SUMMARY – Act 1-5 Act 1 All characters (except Mrs Higgins and Alfred Doolittle) are introduced. Eliza‚ the poor flower girl‚ gets knocked over by Freddy and makes a scene‚ which attracts the attention of phonetics enthusiast‚ Henry Higgins. Henry Higgins insults her lack of education and class‚ which also attracts an audience. Mr. Higgins is acquainted with Colonel Pickering who has come from India to work with him. At the end of the scene Higgins gives Eliza enough money for her to get into

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    In Pygmalion‚ George Bernard Shaw utilizes his protagonist Eliza to represent not only a gender or social role; but more in particular‚ how quickly those can all change. Although judged and cast as inferior for her job selling flowers alongside her almost indecipherable language‚ Eliza is completely transformed into a lady. Yet‚ interestingly it is not her actions that make her feel lady-like‚ but it is in how she is treated where she feels the most like a woman. Shaw becomes the “watchdog of

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