Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw | Characters

Summary

El guion del drama 'Pigmalión' presenta siete personajes principales. Higgins, un experto en fonética, transforma a Eliza Doolittle, una vendimia con acento cockney, en una dama de la alta sociedad. A pesar de su inteligencia y ambición, Eliza lucha por su independencia y autoestima frente a la indiferencia de Higgins. Pickering, un caballero amable y militar, y otros personajes como el padre de Eliza, Doolittle, la indulgente madre de Higgins y el joven aristócrata Freddie, aportan complejidad a la narrativa. La transformación de Eliza y su relación con Higgins culminan en una reflexión sobre el respeto y la identidad.

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🎭 Transformación de Eliza Doolittle

El primer párrafo presenta a los siete personajes principales de la obra 'Pigmalión'. El protagonista, Higgins, es un experto en fonética y un hombre de ciencia apasionado, que transforma a Eliza Doolittle, una vendendora de flores con acento cockney, en una dama de alta sociedad. A pesar de su inteligencia y ambición, Eliza se enfrenta a la indiferencia de Higgins, quien la ve como un experimento y no como una persona con derechos y dignidad. La obra explora su transformación y la lucha por su independencia y autoestima, mientras que Higgins finalmente adquiere una nueva perspectiva sobre ella.

Transcripts

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there are seven central characters in

the play Pygmalion Higgins is an

authority on phonetics described as a

robust vital appetizing sort of man of

forty or there abouts and is an

energetic scientific type he is also

careless about people's feelings

this trait becomes most evident in his

treatment of Eliza whom he transforms

from a flower girl into an upper-class

lady his inability to see and treat

Eliza as anything more than an

experiment forces her to take a stand

for independence and self-respect while

Higgins remains fundamentally unchanged

by the end of the play he gains a new

perspective on Eliza and views her with

respect

Eliza Doolittle also called Liza is

introduced as a dirty shabbily dressed

flower girl in need of a dentist her

cockney accent places her in london's

lower class yet her intelligence and

ambition allow her to aspire to

something finer in Higgins laboratory

she is transformed into a lady who can

pass for a duchess her real

transformation comes with being treated

like a lady and gaining self respect

Colonel Pickering is the author of

spoken Sanskrit and is a master of

Indian dialects he is an elderly

gentleman of the amiable military type

and throughout the play he demonstrates

a generous and courteous nature he's

kind to Eliza as she changes from a

flower girl to a lady Doolittle is

described as an elderly but vigorous

dustman a happy member of the

undeserving poor he recklessly spends

money he borrows from others he has no

morals at all and is willing to turn his

daughter over to Higgins no questions

asked

for five pounds mrs. Higgins is a

gracious member of the upper class her

affection for Higgins does not shield

her from irritation at his lack of

manners and she is adept at putting him

in his

place intelligent and perceptive she

soon discerns the problems that her

son's experiment will cause for Eliza

Freddie is a young man and a member of

the upper class good-natured though

somewhat weak and a true gentleman he is

infatuated with Eliza at the end of the

play Eliza suggests that she might marry

Freddie though he has no money to

support them both and may seem unfit for

work but he is devoted to her

unlike Higgins and he won't try to make

her something that she's not mrs. Pierce

is Higgins's housekeeper she has a

strong sense of propriety and takes it

upon herself to be sure that Eliza is

cared for properly while in the house a

bond between Eliza and mrs. Pierce grows

and mrs. Pierce frequently pushes

Higgins to show consideration for Eliza

and to think about Eliza's future

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