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Flower Garden T G
1,066 wordsEliza Henry is a talented, strong-willed woman who will not take charge of her own life. In other words, she is a mass of contradictions. On one hand she yearns to leave her prison of a marriage for a more exciting and fulfilling life. On the other, Eliza realizes the limitations pressed upon women and does the best she can to make her situation better. Eliza realizes her marriage is in trouble, there is no passion between her and her husband, but she insists on staying because she believes that...
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Escape To Canada Eva And St Tom
552 wordsThe book starts out where Uncle Tom is sold to a trader because of his owners debts. Mr. Shelby is the owner of Uncle Tom and many other slaves. He saves a girl's life, Eva, while on a boat, and her father buys him. He spends several years in New Orleans at their house. While he was there he helped St. Clare, the father, find God. When Eva and St. Clare die, he is sold to an evil plantation owner. On the plantation, he continues to be pious, even when everything seems to have turned from God. He...
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Amount Of Money Professor Higgins
1,239 words... er lessons and her teacher. Eliza most likely gains most of her emotional appeal by her unfailing innocence and thirst for knowledge. The other remarkable character presented in the drama is the infamous Henry Higgins. This character is the direct protagonist of Eliza and yet the observer oftentimes can identify with him as well. He is brilliant in the study of phonetics, but awkward and rude in the area of social graces. Even his own mother comments undesirably when she says You offend all ...
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Outlook On Life Henry Higgins
946 wordsNumerous times a piece of literature is changed into a movie or musical its plot and or theme has been changed to suit the directors thought of what would appeal to the public. One such example is Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion. In this play Shaw's purpose and ideas were horribly misconstrued to the point at which he was forced to write an Epilogue to try to reconcile the injustice done to his masterpiece. In the Epilogue he bluntly expressed his points and purposes so that the ignorant public co...
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Water For Chocolate Mama Elena
1,073 wordsAn evil stepmother, two wicked stepsisters a kind girl whisked away by the handsome prince. Once upon a time and happily ever after. Can't be wrapped up neatly into 4 pages. More complex plots, still lead to that same happy ending. Higgins, Mama Elena, and the stepmother all serve as obstacles between their respective lead heroines and happiness. Transform to overcome Each lead heroine battles her tyrant in a different way, but ultimately all three women overcome the obstacle and secure their ha...
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Daughter Of Fortune By Isabel Allende
768 wordsDaughter Of Fortune By: Isabel Allende This story is about women who broke out of traditional roles of mother, daughter and wife. The novel reads like the combined diaries of several characters, Daughter Of Fortune delves into the lives of Eliza, Tao Chi " en, Miss Rose, a small cluster of well-healed Englishmen living in Chile, and the influx of gold-seekers sailing to California. Using a heavy wand of foreshadowing, author Isabel Allende taunts readers with information and unravels several sub...
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Professor Higgins Proper Bath Eliza
613 wordsPygmalion Shaw, Bernard. Pygmalion. Creation of Eliza can be viewed from two completely different angles dependent on if you look at Eliza's side or Professor Higgins side. Beginning with Eliza we see that she was a poor flower girl who sold penny bunches to afford a living. Her living accommodations were described as shabby room with a bed heaped with all sorts of coverings that may have some warmth value, a packing case with a basin and jug on it, a looking glass, unused fireplace, and an oil ...
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Mise En Scene Alfred Doolittle
1,531 wordsSegmentation Chart The following is a segmentation chart of the movie My Fair Lady. This movie was filmed in 1964 and directed by George Color. Sequences: 1. Music Hall/ Marketplace a. Eliza sells flowers to Pickering. b. Eliza meets Here Higgins. c. Eliza sings of the future. 2. Morning in front of the Music Hall/ Marketplace a. Alfred Doolittle waits for Eliza. 3. Mr. Higgins House a. Eliza offers Higgins and Pickering money for phonics lessons. b. Higgins and Pickering make a wager and then p...
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Colonel Pickering Professor Higgins
821 wordsIn the opening scene of the play / musical we meet all of the main characters, Professor Henry Higgins, Eliza Doolittle, and Colonel Pickering. It is also here that they are each introduced to one another. After an evening at the opera, the members of high society begin spilling out onto streets of London, mingling with the commoners. Professor Higgins hear, Eliza, the flower girl, speaking and begins to take notes. Eliza finds this behavior suspicious and thinks that she is in some sort of trou...
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Henry Higgins Dont Care
380 wordsHow does Henry Higgins get some of his own back in Acts IV and V? When he says, How the devil do I know whats to become of you? , he caused Eliza to feel unwanted and abandoned. He used his rough tone of voice and unpleasant words to show Eliza that he did not care for her. His exasperated and irritated tone expressed that he wanted to wash his hands off the whole affair. The quotation, I know you dont care. You dont care if I was dead. I am nothing to you not as much as them slippers. has shown...
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George Bernard Shaw Upper Class Society
1,564 wordsPygmalion and My Fair Lady are a modern parallel of the story of 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. George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion is the story of Henry Higgins, a master phonetician, and his mischievous plot to pass a common flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, off as a duchess at the Embassy Ball. In order to achieve his goal, Higgins must teach Eliza how to speak pr...
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