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    Personal Appearance

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    places. Therefore maintaining a professional appearance is vital to maintaining that image. Part of maintaining a professional appearance means having a clean presentable haircut at all times. Which (referring to Army Regulation 670-1) means the hair on top of the head must be neatly groomed. The length and bulk of the hair may not be excessive or present a ragged‚ unkempt‚ or extreme appearance. The hair must present a tapered appearance. The hair will not fall over the ears or eyebrows

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    PYGMALION 1. Significance of Title: The significance of the title‚ ”Pygmalion” is in Greek mythology‚ The town Cyprus Pygmalion was a king who deeply fell in love with the statue of Aphrodite. Pygmalion had pictured nothing but beauty in his mind. He worked many countless days and nights in search of loveliness beyond his powers of expression. The statue

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    Pygmalion and My Fair Lady

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    Discuss the different ways of representing class conflicts. Pygmalion‚ Bernard Shaw‚ 1914 My Fair Lady‚ George Cukor‚ 1964 “As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men‚ I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.” This famous quotation of French playwright Molière proves how powerfully theater and social criticism are linked‚ and how in its different genres‚ drama as well as comedy‚ theater can‚ and maybe must‚ be a way of communicating and expressing the human and society’s flaws

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    appearance is destructive

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    Appearances Are Destructive by Mark Mathabane As public schools reopen for the new year‚ strategies to curb school violence will once again be hotly debated. Installing metal detectors and hiring security guards will help‚ but the experience of my two sisters makes a compelling case for greater use of dress codes as a way to protect students and promote learning. Shortly after my sisters arrived here from South Africa I enrolled them at the local public school. I had great expectations for

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    there are other people with wild imagination that come up with random crazy ideas or pretend they don’t even notice the old woman. This is just an example of people judging a person just by what they look like. Judging a person based on their appearance isn’t an uncommon thing‚ everyone does it. And when I say everyone‚ I mean everyone. It is intrinsic in humans to judge. Those who say otherwise‚ I believe‚ are hypocrites. We form our own opinions about everyone that comes in our way‚ from

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    can have a better live if they are educated. This because with education they can get good jobs‚ be well seen in under the eyes of society because of the status it gives to them‚ and best of all‚ dress‚ talk‚ and look good to others. On the play Pygmalion‚ the issue of the importance of education in a person is presented in some‚ if not in all‚ characters. The three main characters where the education is well presented‚ and in three different perspectives‚ are on Higgins‚ Pickering‚ and the main character

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    A Character Essay on Eliza: Pygmalion The story of Pygmalion is based on a classical myth‚ and Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion plays on the complicated relationships in a social setting. Professor Henry Higgins takes Eliza Doolittle to teach her the art of phonetics and to refine her manners. Eliza was‚ at first a poor flower girl‚ but by the end of the play‚ is transformed so much‚ she is even mistaken for a duchess. It is obvious throughout the play that Eliza is changing in many aspects; the most obvious

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    The play of Pygmalion‚ written by George Bernard Shaw is an appropriation of the famous story of Pygmalion in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The main character of the tale‚ as the title suggests‚ is Pygmalion. Pygmalion‚ repulsed by the apparently loose and reprehensible lives of the women of his era‚ decides to live unaccompanied and unmarried. Using his exceptional skills as an artisan and sculptor‚ he fashions a statue made from ivory. His work is regarded as being more beautiful than any living

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    Pygmalion: Professor Higgins’ Philosophy Professor Higgins is seen throughout Pygmalion as a very rude man. While one may expect a well educated man‚ such as Higgins‚ to be a gentleman‚ he is far from it. Higgins believes that how you treated someone is not important‚ as long as you treat everyone equally. The great secret‚ Eliza‚ is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners‚ but having the same manner for all human souls: in short‚ behaving

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    George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion Pygmalion is a play set in London at the beginning of the 20th century. The play is about Eliza Doolittle‚ an illiterate flower girl‚ who is taken off the street by Professor Higgins to become a lady. The story begins on a rainy night in Covent Garden where Mr. Higgins meets Colonel Pickering (both men are experts on linguistics) and also Eliza Doolittle. Higgins bets Pickering that he could transform this flower girl into a well spoken woman‚ one that could be passed

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