اسئلة واجوبة قصة pygmalion؟

اسئلة واجوبة قصة pygmalion
 

PYGMALION
Why is the subtitle of the play “A Romance”?
This play is based on an ancient Greek myth about a woman-hating sculptor, named Pygmalion, who created a statue of the perfect woman and then proceeded to fall in love with it. He named her…
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PYGMALION
Analyze Shaw’s Pygmalion in regard to Freytag’s analysis of dramatic structure, which is based on five-act plays.  
Freytag’s theory of dramatic structure is usually referred to as Freytag’s Triangle. This triangle charts the development of a story’s action, separating these developments into five categories:…
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PYGMALION
What kind of humor was popular within the English society during the Victorian Age or at the time Pygmalion was written?
Pygmalion was written in 1913, in what is known as the Edwardian era (although King Edward VII had died in 1910, succeeded by George V). After the earnestness that characterized much of the…
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PYGMALION
What is the form of the play according to drama theory, and what is the dramatic development in each act of Pygmalion? How does the humor contribute to the dramatic development of the play, according…
Pygmalion is considered a dramatic comedy in a realist style. While there is a great deal of wordplay and comedic situations, the action is not treated as light farce, with much emphasis on the way…
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PYGMALION
What is the Pygmalion myth?
The myth of Pygmalion is from ancient classical times, the most well-known version being that of the Latin writer Ovid. Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with the beautiful statue of a…
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PYGMALION
In Pygmalion, in what ways did nature cause Eliza to suffer?
It is hard to see Eliza’s conflict as one in which nature rather than society or other people is most responsible. Other people’s prejudices against lower-class individuals and society’s rigid…
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PYGMALION
In Pygmalion, what does Alfred Doolittle mean by saying “he cannot afford morals” and that “middle class morality is just an excuse” for not giving him anything?
After Eliza has been staying with Professor Higgins for a while, her father, Alfred Doolittle, calls on Higgins and Pickering. Seeing how wealthy Higgins is, he believes this is an opportunity for…
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PYGMALION
Write briefly about the themes of Pygmalion.            
I have linked below to the many themes of Pygmalion discussed on eNotes, including beauty, identity, appearance versus reality, and sexism. I will, however, talk about class, since that seems to me…
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PYGMALION
Cite a situation in Pygmalion and relate this to a prevailing global issue.
George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion” focuses on economic, cultural, and linguistic disparities between different social classes. The issue of the gap between rich and poor is very much a global…
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PYGMALION
When Higgins said the following quote in Pygmalion, what did he mean with these words? I know he is a misogynist, but I can’t understand his point in…
The unmarried Henry Higgins here makes a radical claim: women and men shouldn’t become friends because they are, by nature, incapable of getting along. The woman “is driving at one thing,” the man…