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Sadegh Aliakbarian Research Scientist. Show more researcher profiles. The way the content is organized and presented is seamlessly smooth, innovative, and comprehensive. Pygmalion Study Guide Next. A concise biography of George Bernard Shaw plus historical and literary context for Pygmalion. In-depth summary and analysis of every act of Pygmalion.
Visual theme-tracking, too. Explanations of Pygmalion 's symbols, and tracking of where they appear. His father was a civil servant and his mother was a singer. He changed schools several times as he grew older, and developed a strong dislike of schools and formal education.
When he was a teenager, his mother moved to London and he remained in Dublin with his father for some time. But in , he moved to London to join his mother. There, he began writing, starting with novels though he found no success as a novelist.
He also became somewhat politically active, an ardent supporter of socialism. It was only in the s that Shaw turned to drama.
He finally found some writing success with his plays, which often involved social critiques. Shaw was a very prolific writer, writing over 50 plays in addition to articles, reviews, essays, and pamphlets.
His popularity rose in the early s and he started to become a famous, well-respected playwright. In , he was recognized for his work with the Nobel Prize in Literature and he died 25 years later, at the age of Historical Context of Pygmalion The play is set in the early 20th century, at the end of the Victorian period.
During this time, London was the capital of the wide-reaching, powerful British Empire. Victorian society was characterized by a rigid social hierarchy, but as the 20th century began social change was on the horizon. Importantly, women had not yet gained many basic rights and privileges. Shaw's comedy of manners, which satirizes the customs and habits of the Victorian elite, plays with and critiques the social conventions of this historical moment.
Other Books Related to Pygmalion Shaw's play takes its title from the myth of Pygmalion, which is told in Ovid's epic Latin poem of mythological transformations, the Metamorphoses. In the myth, Pygmalion makes a sculpture of his ideal woman, named Galatea.
He falls in love with his beautiful statue, which then comes to life. With his title, Shaw implies that Eliza is a kind of Galatea, molded by Pickering and Higgins into the ideal lady of Victorian society. Pygmalion is Shaw's most popular play and has spawned a number of adaptations including a film version. Most famously, it is the inspiration for the Broadway musical and following movie My Fair Lady. Extra Credit for Pygmalion Double Threat.
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