Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion primarily highlights the definitive contrast between different levels of modern society. Though people generally accept that there are distinct social classes present in their lives‚ they rarely consider what makes this distinction so clear. In the play‚ Shaw illustrates and discusses the defining qualities of two entirely different strata‚ emphasizing their difference in speech. He also demonstrates that these differences are so dramatic‚ that a person from one level of
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Pygmalion by George Shaw Shaw "the second greatest English playwright‚ behind only Shakespeare" Title- Shaw called Pygmalion a potboiler and subtitled it "A Romance." Thus the play’s main thematic concern is romantic in the literary use of the term. It is a play that has a highly improbable plot. Professor Henry Higgins transforms a common flower girl into a graceful lady‚ like the legendary Greek sculptor Pygmalion carved an exquisite female statue out of a shapeless piece of ivory. Preface-
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Apart from being problem plays ‚ Pygmalion and A Doll ’s house deal with the common theme of transformation of individuals . In Pygmalion‚ Shaw explores the idea that if a person is born in a low class and gets the opportunity to be trained in the ways of correct speech and manners then he or she can easily come to the social and intellectual level of the higher classes . He proves this by transforming Eliza Doolittle‚ a poor flower girl from the slums‚ to a sophisticated woman by changing her speech
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American Psycho: Analysis This extract of ‘American Psycho’ conveys most of the wider themes of the text‚ with similar stylistic techniques that are seen throughout the novel. Ellis uses a peculiar chapter title with ‘End of the 1980’s’ for this extract and throughout the rest of the book. These titles usually relate to the theme of the chapter or the events within it. This extract is named ‘End of the 1980’s’ which is very significant to the wider text. The entire novel is a dark‚ satirical
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problem/purpose and research question. You’ll end the introduction by naming the themes of the literature‚ giving a sentence or two about how they are interrelated and/or how they relate to your topic in general. Give a quick summary of the trends in the themes‚ methodology‚ and findings (be brief and broad). The introduction will probably be 2 paragraphs. Theme A Begin with an overview of characteristics of the theme (commonalities‚ differences‚ nuances) – a mini-introduction. Using APA author
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Form Analysis - Sonata Form (Time)::(Form)::(2 or 3 reasons for placing division here) EXPOSITION 0.00::Theme 1::MELODY: Light‚ simple‚ sequencing and repetition; TEXTURE: light to suddenly heavy; DYNAMICS: Contrast from piano to Subito forte; HARMONY: Major with short minor excerpts 1:35::Bridge:: MELODY: Modulates‚ very short; TEXTURE:: Continues to go from light to heavy 2:05::Theme II::MELODY: New darker melody; TEXTURE: Thicker texture‚ more action; HARMONY: Minor and moves to Major; 2:19::CADENCE:
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“Pygmalion”‚ by George Bernard Shaw‚ is a modern metamorphosis of the story Pygmalion‚ legendary sculptor and king of Cyprus‚ who fell in love with his own statue of Aphrodite. At his prayer‚ Aphrodite brought the statue to life as Galatea. In his own play‚ Shaw reveals a twist in the Greek myth‚ where by he transformers a flower girl into a duchess through the power of speech. The author uses this mythology to portray aspects of Victorian England common social class classification. The author uses
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O’Conner shows a multitude of diverse and different themes‚ with a great amount of depth into each and every one. Among these themes are mortality‚ faith‚ parenting‚ ingratitude‚ and generational shifts. The most prominent of all of O’Conner’s themes is most definitely parenting. Parenting also ties into ingratitude‚ generational shifts‚ and pretty much everything else. Parenting‚ or bad parenting‚ is a strong and clearly defined theme in A Good Man is Hard to Find along with generational
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additional time and/or literacy support please notify me before you begin. WEEKLY THEMES: Please select ONE of weekly themes and answer ONE of the set questions. Theme: History of sport‚ socio-historical perspectives and the sports venue A) Select a sport. DISCUSS how your selected sport can be understood by its history. B) Explain how the sports venue (or venues) reflects the historical evolution of sports. Theme: Introduction to sociology of sport and theory A) Outline the sociology
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movement to the 4th because although the original four-note motive was stated by the horns around 0:19‚ it didn’t seem to be developed any further here (Forney 185). However‚ upon further review I now believe that the lifting phrases of the “rocket theme” (Fillerup) in the scherzo section are actually a variation of the four-note
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