Tuesday, June 6, 2017
ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERIZATIONS AND PLOT IN PYGMALION BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
ANALYSIS OF
CHARACTERIZATIONS AND PLOT IN
PYGMALION
BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
CHARACTERIZATIONS AND PLOT IN
PYGMALION
BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
ABSTRACT
This paper entitled “Analysis of Characterizations and Plot in
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw”. The aims of this apper are to analyze
the characterizatins of Eliza and Higgins and to analyze the plot. The writer
uses theory of characterizations and plot and close reading as the method. As the result, we will understand more about
characterizations of two main characters in this play and we will understand
the plot. To conclude, Eliza and Higgins come from different life background,
and the plot are forward.
Keywords:
characterization, plot, dialect
1. INTRODUCTION
“Prose is the words in their best order”
– Samuel Taylor Coleridge–
Aristotle stated that Drama is imitated human actions. To understand the drama, we have to read the
whole scripts and understand the elements. In this paper, the writer
would analyze the plot of the play Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw.
The methodologies on this
paper are:
- To understand the plot of the play.
- To appreciate a work of literature.
The Scope of the study is
to analyze the symbols found in
a short story “Old Man at The Bridge” by Ernest Hemingway.
2. THE AUTHOR
George Bernard Shaw is a
novelist, critic, and playwright. He was born on July 26th, 1856 in Dublin.
He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman
(1903), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation with a range incorporating both
contemporary satire and historical allegory. He was the first person to be
awarded both a Nobel Prize and an Academy Award, receiving the 1925 Nobel Prize
in Literature and sharing the 1938 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
for the film version of Pygmalion.
3. THE SUMMARY
Pygmalion is a play created by George Bernard Shaw. The play
shows Eliza Doolitle who met Professor Higgins. A conflict appears when Higgins
knew that Eliza could not speak English properly.
3. THE PLOT
Pygmalion is a play created by George Bernard Shaw. The play
shows Eliza Doolitle who met Professor Higgins. A conflict appears when Higgins
knew that Eliza could not speak English properly.
5. CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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