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ANALYSIS OF
CHARACTERIZATIONS AND PLOT
IN
PYGMALION
BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Maftukhatur Rianingsih
ABSTRACT
This paper entitled “Analysis of Characterizations and Plot in
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw”. The aims of this apper are to
analyze the characterizatins of Eliza and Higgins and to analyze the
plot. The writer uses theory of characterizations and plot and close
reading as the method. As the result, we will understand more about
characterizations of two main characters in this play and we will
understand the plot. To conclude, Eliza and Higgins come from
different life background, and the plot are forward.
Keywords: characterization, plot, dialect
1. INTRODUCTION
“Prose is the words in their best order”
– Samuel Taylor Coleridge–
Aristotle stated that Drama is imitated human actions. To
understand the drama, we have to read the whole scripts and
understand the elements. In this paper, the writer would analyze
the plot of the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.
The methodologies on this paper are:
1. To understand the plot of the play.
2. To appreciate a work of literature.
The Scope of the study is to analyze the symbols found in a
short story “Old Man at The Bridge” by Ernest Hemingway.
2. THE AUTHOR
George Bernard Shaw is a novelist, critic, and playwright. He was
born on July 26th, 1856 in Dublin. He wrote more than sixty plays,
including major works such as Man and Superman (1903), Pygmalion
(1913) and Saint Joan (1923). Shaw became the leading dramatist of his
generation with a range incorporating both contemporary satire and
historical allegory. He was the first person to be awarded both a Nobel
Prize and an Academy Award, receiving the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature
and sharing the 1938 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the
film version of Pygmalion.
3. THE SUMMARY
Pygmalion is a play created by George Bernard Shaw. The play
shows Eliza Doolitle who met Professor Higgins. A conflict appears when
Higgins knew that Eliza could not speak English properly.
3. THE PLOT
Pygmalion is a play created by George Bernard Shaw. The play
shows Eliza Doolitle who met Professor Higgins. A conflict appears when
Higgins knew that Eliza could not speak English properly.
5. CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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I drama analysis of characterizations and plot of pygmalion by george bernard shaw

  • 1. ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERIZATIONS AND PLOT IN PYGMALION BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Maftukhatur Rianingsih
  • 2. ABSTRACT This paper entitled “Analysis of Characterizations and Plot in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw”. The aims of this apper are to analyze the characterizatins of Eliza and Higgins and to analyze the plot. The writer uses theory of characterizations and plot and close reading as the method. As the result, we will understand more about characterizations of two main characters in this play and we will understand the plot. To conclude, Eliza and Higgins come from different life background, and the plot are forward. Keywords: characterization, plot, dialect
  • 3. 1. INTRODUCTION “Prose is the words in their best order” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge– Aristotle stated that Drama is imitated human actions. To understand the drama, we have to read the whole scripts and understand the elements. In this paper, the writer would analyze the plot of the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. The methodologies on this paper are: 1. To understand the plot of the play. 2. To appreciate a work of literature. The Scope of the study is to analyze the symbols found in a short story “Old Man at The Bridge” by Ernest Hemingway.
  • 4. 2. THE AUTHOR George Bernard Shaw is a novelist, critic, and playwright. He was born on July 26th, 1856 in Dublin. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1903), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation with a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory. He was the first person to be awarded both a Nobel Prize and an Academy Award, receiving the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature and sharing the 1938 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film version of Pygmalion.
  • 5. 3. THE SUMMARY Pygmalion is a play created by George Bernard Shaw. The play shows Eliza Doolitle who met Professor Higgins. A conflict appears when Higgins knew that Eliza could not speak English properly.
  • 6. 3. THE PLOT Pygmalion is a play created by George Bernard Shaw. The play shows Eliza Doolitle who met Professor Higgins. A conflict appears when Higgins knew that Eliza could not speak English properly.