What is Pygmalion?
'''''Pygmalion''''' is a play by [[George Bernard Shaw]]. == Plot == A street girl selling flowers, Eliza, meets Professor Higgins. Higgins was writing down her [[pronunciation]] for his study, but Eliza thought he was a [[Police officer|policeman]] and caused trouble. Higgins says he can make her a [[duchess]] by changing her pronunciation. Later she remembers what he said and goes to learn pronunciation with a desire to be an [[upper class]] woman. Higgins decides to do an experiment with her. He deceives all the people at a party by making them believe that she is a duchess. After this success, Higgins suggests two options for Eliza. One is marrying based on her beauty. The other is running a flower shop with money from Colonel Pickering who is a rich man. Eliza refuses to do both of them and she leaves his home. Higgins and Colonel Pickering look for Eliza as soon as they know that she left. They find her in Mrs. Higgins’ house but Eliza refuses to go back. She says she will marry Freddy. == Background == [[George Bernard Shaw]] is famous for giving [[Audience|audiences]] a twist by not doing what they expect. In [[comedy]], people expect someone in a bad situation to be in a better one at the end. They expect a poor woman to marry a rich man. They expect a [[villain]] to be punished. In ''Pygmalion'', the flower girl in the bad situation gets better in the end. This girl selling flowers on the street rises to the upper class through changing her language. However, contrary to the audience's expectation, romance between flower girl and Professor Higgins doesn’t happen. She doesn’t marry a rich man. Shaw reflected his beliefs to reform the society in this play. In the 20th century, there were many [[Poverty|poor]] people on the street. Especially little girls worked all day for a tiny amount of money. The author had much interest in poor people and women’s freedom. And he believed speech was one of the things that separated rich and poor people. That is the starting point of ''Pygmalion''. He used the ch