Pygmalion By GB Shaw
Pygmalion is a verbose, satirical, romantic play, distributed over 5 Acts, with no scenes! The play opens with the following preparatory lines- “ It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him. German and Spanish are accessible to foreigners: English is not accessible even to Englishmen” I am resistant to above lines, as I am blessed with great English friends, who definitely don’t despise me, but help me to become a better version of myself! 😊 The play focusses on social-class distinction, so maybe GB Shaw, used the above lines as a prop, loosely! I wish, he could have used other tools/examples to exemplify, or made it more of a general approach, than a geographical divide! ! Coz of the opening lines, in a flash, I deducted 1.5 stars 😊 I couldn’t relate with the lines at all. A human in himself is a complex being, irrespective of geographical boundaries! So, I openly defy...