The passage discusses two literary works, Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw and The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, and how they portray differences between characters. It notes key differences in class between Eliza Doolittle and her mentors in Pygmalion, and between Offred and the Commander in The Handmaid's Tale. The essay will examine how Eliza's difference is portrayed before and after her transformation, and the difference between a normal life and life under the Gilead regime in The Handmaid's Tale.