The Three Transition Of Eliza’s Fortune In Bernard

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The Three Transition of Eliza’s Fortune in Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion Abstract: Transition is a main element in a drama. In the play Pygmalion, Bernard Shaw used this kind of writing technique to reveal the true faces of the middle class, and made contrast between the characteristics in his play to achieve an sarcastic effect. Key Words: Transition, Plot, Sarcastic, Higgins, Eliza Pygmalion is a famous romantic comedy of British dramatist Bernard Shaw. It tells a story that a flower girl, Eliza came across the linguist Higgins and the linguistic lover Colonel Pickering by coincidence and then decided to learn correct pronunciation, in order to get a position in a Florist Shop. Higgins accepted the challenge to win Colonel Pickering and finally made it. But the girl’s future thus became a problem for she couldn’t really step into the upper society nor would she went back to sell flowers along the street. Pygmalion was a famous sculptor in the Greece Myth, he had determined not to marry lifelong but he finally fell in love with his perfect sculpture girl and married her. Unlike Pygmalion, Higgins didn’t marry Eliza. That’s a pity but she got married to a young man Freddy and they opened a florist shop and became rich so all the story is a happy-ending. In this Drama, Bernard Shaw showed his talent in creating stories. The characteristics are distinctive, the plot is dramatic and the scripts are humorous. Here I analyze this drama mainly from the three transition of Eliza’s fortune according to the plot. Just as Aristotle once said, “Turn and found, these two are the components of the plot.” The main plot in Pygmalion is mainly based on the turn and found of Eliza’s fortune. This is the main clue of the plot. The first transition came in ACT TWO when Eliza went to find Higgins. As a poor girl, she asked Higgins on her own initiative to help her learn the

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