a.
Write a paragraph comparing/contrasting the progression of events told
by the artist. Pay particular attention to the position of the artist
relative to his sculpture in the first two and the last paintings.
a.
Shaw's ideas about male/female relationships and
superiority/inferiority vs. equality in a relationship make sense of
Shaw's chosen ending for Pygmalion...how do you think
differing values affected Ovid's tale, in which Venus grants the
sculptor's wish and the artist and his creation live happily
ever after?
a.
What is Shaw's complaint about the English language?
b.
Why does he make Higgins, the hero of Pygmalion, a phoneticist?
c.
What does such willingness to go against the tide of convention imply
about the person willing to so defy the rules? (Think about the type of
person he describes in Mr. Sweet)
d. How do such
qualities impact the relationship between teacher and student in
Pygmalion?
e. Is Higgin's character patterned after Sweet? Explain:
