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BERNARD SHAW
1912
ROSA PASTOR
ROSA PASTOR
26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950Irish playwright
He wrote about the exploitation of the working class.
Charter member of the Fabian Society
Concerned about the vagaries of English spelling, Shaw willed a portion of his
wealth to fund the creation of a new phonemic alphabet for the English
language
PICKERING
HIGGINS
FREDDY
LIZADOOLITTLE
MRS. HIGGINS
Social class differences
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Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that
he can turn a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, into a refined society lady merely by
teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and training her in etiquette.
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Finalizing details for the presentation of the work Checking the result
You can change the outside but not inside
Almost a success
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End of the party
Satisfaction with the success achieved
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“The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she
behaves, but how she is treated”
I will teach phonetics
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“While respectability can be learned,
self-respect is something more authentic”
Is the male artist the absolute and perfect that has the power to
create woman the image of his desires?
Can there be a relationship between
a man and a woman over sex and romance?
Does it reflect the beauty of virtue?
What the artist loves, his creation or art that led to the creation exist?
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