president and general manager of Weaver Pharmaceutical. He thinks that his executive assistant John Higgins has lost control over his effectiveness representing the U.S parent company and has an extraordinary identification with Japanese culture. Because of Higgins are too attached to Japanese cultures‚ Prescott has noticed his attitude and thinking causes a considerable ineffectiveness of administration. Higgins also applies many characteristic of typical Japanese executive during his work‚ spending time
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6. Comment on Pygmalion as a Shavian play. Pygmalion is a classic Shavian play in as far as it shows his feelings about the falsity of the class system and his belief that all humans are essentially equal and privilege should play no part in life. Higgins is also a very Shavian character with his inspired logic and bombastic deliver. Like all great Shavian drama Pygmalion is a richly complex play. It combines a central story of the transformation of a young woman with elements of myth‚ fairy tale
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Wright has a strong concern for the importance of the human relationship with nature as well as the need for a sense of continuity in time Judith Wright’s poetry evokes a deep sense of the importance of human relationships with nature. Through her constant use of organic‚ fruitful imagery she conveys the intrinsic importance she places upon connections and the need for a sense of continuity in time. The process of natural creation is one which Wright espouses through her references to the “seed”
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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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The Pygmalion Effect Interestingly enough‚ ancient Greek mythology creates an archetype for a present day social phenomenon with an artist named Pygmalion. He carved a perfect woman from Ivory and fell in love with his own creation‚ naming it Galatea. Pygmalion desperately wished she was alive. With goddess Venus’s blessings and his true belief in his creation‚ Galatea was brought to life. Though the name originates from this allegory‚ the more precise nature of the Pygmalion effect is demonstrated
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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‚ Eliza Doolittle. Higgins is an specialist on his subject: phonetics. He has dedicated his life to work on his subject to a point where
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Du � PAGE �1� Middle Class Morality in Pygmalion Pygmalion is a brilliant play written by Bernard Shaw that gives us an idea of the value in the Victorian era through the witty and rousing lines of his characters. The message Shaw tried to limn through his genius work is vividly drawn and is dearly ambiguous to anyone who is paying attention. In Pygmalion‚ Shaw focused his theme on the Victorian decorum of the contemporary society‚ which is named in many parts of Mr. Doolittle’s speech in the
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English 1104 class. The movie might remind you of the play‚ Pygmalion‚ written by George Bernard Shaw. It is the story of a phonetics professor who trains an ordinary flower girl to act like a sophisticated young lady. It is based off a Greek legend where a man named Pygmalion wanted to create the perfect statue. He made her so perfect that he fell into love with his own creation. The Makeover has a very similar plot to that of Pygmalion‚ where a young woman attempts to train a beer vendor to run
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along the upper course‚ middle course‚ and lower course. The Bradshaw Model: The Bradshaw model is important to this controlled assessment because the Bradshaw Model is a geographical model which describes how a river’s characteristics vary between the upper course and lower course of a river. This coursework is underpinned through some key processes/concepts. These are: Dishcharge‚ velocity‚ lateral erosio‚ Bed load and vertical erosoin. Discharge- The discharge of a river is the volume
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creator. The ideas‚ values and plotline are redefined in a new context to appeal to a different audience. Like all texts‚ both Pygmalion‚ written by George Bernard Shaw and Pretty Woman‚ directed by Gary Marshall‚ reflect values‚ beliefs and attitudes of the time‚ nearly 80 years apart. The use of different forms highlights the different intended audiences. On one hand‚ Pygmalion was a play intended for the upper echelons on society. Pretty woman was created with the intention to blockbuster so it was
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