Resumo de Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw

One of the masterpiece of the Man of Letters. As the title signifies, the play deals with the transformation of the flower girl, Elizabeth (statue) to a society lady by an English professor (the creator or the sculpture). As ever, Shaw?s Pygmalion stands for many things which do not form the core plot of the play but the implications. The phonetics professor, Professor Higgins, who has only contempt for the social class of the society, decides to transform a navie flower girl to a society lady and fool the so-called society people. He does ?not? succeed in his aim but Excels in his mission. But what is interesting is the position of the Flower Girl once Higgins succeeds in his ambition. It is this aspect that has opened many discussions and arguments. Shaw tries project this picture by portraying the Professor who cares for nothing but his own self-satisfaction and ego. Flower girl passes the test as a Princess of some Russian Royal family but in reality she is faced with an emotional breakdown as she has no where to go. When she was a flower girl, she had her own slum to call her home but after the Professor is successful in his mission, she for sure knows that she will be thrown out of the house and it is impossible to go back to her place. Shaw brings the contrast in Higgins with the foil character Colonel who always addresses her as madam and respects even when she was brought to the house as a flower girl whereas Higgins even after her transformation refuses to look beyond the flower girl image. Shaw presents that it?s the notion or the attitude that matters a lot in the society than the way the language is spoken. Any one with a perfect accent and polished behavior could be considered educated and belonging to royal lineage as long the background is unknown. The Professor who has contempt for the social circle is typical example of it as he refuses to accept Liza as Lady Elizabeth. Liza as any other navie girl grows into a woman and realizes her place in Higgins house. The frustration and anger toward him for not recognizing her individuality is well etched. Shaw smashes the social ideology in typical style true of his own. The title is apt but Shaw?s sculptor, Higgins unlike the sculptor is not ready to accept his creation as life-blood human being but considers only as a masterpiece of his work.

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