Hmmm, Pymalion

Now , we are at this last play, Pygmalion. After so many readings on plays this is the last play. In this play, the title here is actually taken from a Greek legend, in which Pygmalion was the King of Cyprus. He fell in love with a statue that he sculptured and prayed to the goddess that is Aphrodite to give him a beautiful wife like the statue he created. Lastly she gave life to the statue. Pygmalion married the woman who was created and her name was Galatea. This Greek myth serves as a metaphor for the action in the play. From my readings of this play and also from other books, I came to find out that Shaw was actually the member of the Fabian Society and he was involved in the Suffragette movement. He has helped to raise public awareness of the Suffragette case. This can be viewed when they ask for their rights to vote but the people did not want to give in and as a result, they are arrested. As a result of this, Shaw began to create the part of Eliza. Female characters in plays during that time were helpless girls. In this play, we have seen that how a simple flower girl has improve herself through education until she was able to pass herself off as a duchess. Shaw feels that everyone should be given education and the opportunity to improve themselves. This is what Shaw is trying to express in this play.