Pygmalion

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Detailed Summary & Analysis

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

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

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Alliteration Allusions Dramatic Irony Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Setting Similes Style Tone

Quizzes

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Pygmalion

by George Bernard Shaw

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis

Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5

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

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

All Symbols
Clothing

All Literary Devices
Alliteration
Allusions
Dramatic Irony
Foreshadowing
Genre
Hyperbole
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Setting
Similes
Style
Tone

All Quizzes
Act 1 Quiz
Act 2 Quiz
Act 3 Quiz
Act 4 Quiz
Act 5 Quiz

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