Monday, September 26, 2011
pigˈmālyən
Pygmalion,pigˈmālyən, was an extraordinary tale that was at once a romance and a social commentary on the British class system of the time. I was highly entertained and intrigued by the character of Higgins who was a gentlemen by right yet had the manners of the lower class. The parallels between him and Liza were very interesting and yet while her character grew and became much more his character seemed stuck in his ways. Colonel Pickering was also a favorite character of mine and yet he could have used a little more development. I found the speech patterns of the various characters very fun and it created a good sense of individuality among them.
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Great points. I didn't really even think about Higgins and Eliza being similar at first. Higgins character did not physically go on to do anything exciting, but emotionally he may have, perhaps, felt something close to love for another person for the first time. I have to wonder if Higgins actually did have feelings for Eliza, or if he was just playing his twisted games to get Eliza to come back to him. I also really enjoyed the speech patterns, Eliza's crazy twist of the english language in the beginning was fun to decipher in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Colonel Pickering would have used a little more development. I thought that Eliza did reflect a lot of the characterism portrayed through Higgens. As i kept reading, i was not sure if Higgens did have any feelings for Eliza, or if it was the fact that he basically created her. She was his creation, of the perfect women.
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