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PYGMALION
Characters:
Eliza Doolittle
an uneducated, uncouth "guttersnipe," the flower girl whom Higgins (for a dare) decides to mold into a duchess. She is probably twenty years younger than Higgins.
Henry Higgins
a forty-year-old bachelor who specializes in phonetics and who is an acclaimed authority on the subject of dialects, accents, and phonetics
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Alfred Doolittle
Eliza's father; he is a dustman with a sonorous voice and a Welsh accent, who proudly believes in his position as a member of the "undeserving poor."
Mrs. Higgins
Henry Higgins' mother, who thoroughly loves her son but also thoroughly disapproves of his manners, his language, and his social behavior.
Mrs Pearce
Professor Higgins' housekeeper of long standing. She is the one who first sees the difficulty of what is to happen to Eliza after Higgins and Pickering have finished their experiment with her.
Mrs Eynsford-Hill
A lady of the upper-middle class who is in a rather impoverished condition but is still clinging to her gentility
Clara Eynsford-Hill
she tries to act the role of the modem, advanced young person.
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Theme
The main theme of Pygmalion is that social class is not something to be valued. Those of a higher social class may not be good people, and those of lower social class can have many virtues of their own. There is no inherent goodness in being a member of the upper class.
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Purpose :
Shaw wanted to comment on the social divisions that classed people based on how they spoke. He believed the English language and spelling should be simplified and made more egalitarian: if it was easier to spell, it would be easier for children to learn across all levels and would, he felt, lead to a more equal society.
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