Pygmalion notes (1st edition)

To what extent do class and identity create comic situations in George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Pygmalion’? Last document update:   ago

ABSTRACT: Two of the pre-eminent themes of Pygmalion, class and identity, create comic situations whilst subtly propagandising Shaw’s socialist views. To a large extent Eliza, the protagonist, is responsible for the comedy in her attempts to elevate herself by means of a bath, Higgins and Pickering’s treatment of her during the bet and the way she responds to her learning, affecting both her class and identity. The Eynsford Hills also create comic situations through lack of understanding and...