tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195384644146402741.post8813764979241457539..comments2022-04-01T11:27:30.664-07:00Comments on ENG264blog: PygmalionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195384644146402741.post-58923791806365692072011-06-25T13:41:22.987-07:002011-06-25T13:41:22.987-07:00Sarah,
Very interesting exploration of and commen...Sarah,<br /><br />Very interesting exploration of and commentary on Shaw's play, and specifically the issue of accents and dialects. While I agree with you that Higgins overstates his point by claiming that people who don't speak proper English have no right to exist, he is correct that our society does judge people by their accents and diction. Whether such assumptions are correct or not, they occur. But Higgins's experiment on Eliza focuses only on appearance by teaching her to pass for a lady, and the unfortunate result of it is that she speaks too well to function as a street seller of flowers, but lacks the money and training to do much else. The target of this play seems to be society as a whole, and not just accents. God post!Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16951658416685376534noreply@blogger.com