Bernard Shaw
1856-1950
teetotaller - no alcohol, no tea
Fabian society- left wing intellectuals, believed in evolutionary change, not revolutionary
2 critique
The setting
theater is a few minutes away
takes the audience outside’ again, a play about reality
people from different ranks and classes in a very small space
Prof Higgins (arguqbly the protagonist) does phonetic research, can tell where people are from bc of accent
> diagnoses Pickering (linguist)
> also about class
lady and daughter not as privileged as they seem
plot
play itself has an open ending (Higgins laughing at the idea that she will Marty Freddy), Shaw wrote a prosequel
Eliza
flower girl
working class accent/ grammar
wants to improve her social and economic position
Class and social mobility
Relationships and marriage
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