Pygmalion

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Themes

All Themes Language and Speech Appearance and Identity Social Class and Manners Education and Intelligence Femininity and Gender Roles

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Characters

All Characters Eliza Doolittle Henry Higgins Colonel Pickering Clara Eynsford Hill Freddy Eynsford Hill Alfred Doolittle Mrs. Higgins Ezra D. Wannafeller

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Pygmalion

George Bernard Shaw

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Introduction

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Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5

Themes

All Themes
Language and Speech
Appearance and Identity
Social Class and Manners
Education and Intelligence
Femininity and Gender Roles

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Eliza Doolittle
Henry Higgins
Colonel Pickering
Clara Eynsford Hill
Freddy Eynsford Hill
Alfred Doolittle
Mrs. Higgins
Ezra D. Wannafeller

Symbols

All Symbols
Clothing

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Fredericksen, Erik. "Pygmalion." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 15 Jan 2014. Web. 16 Dec 2019.

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Fredericksen, Erik. "Pygmalion." LitCharts LLC, January 15, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2019. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/pygmalion.

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