萧伯纳卖花女.ppt

* Life experience 1 Works 2 Pygmalion 3 References 4 George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) Early years and family: born in Synge Street, Dublin in 1856. Education: His education was irregular Personal life and political activism Plays: Richard Mansfield、The devil’s Discipline、Caesar and Cleopatra (1898), 、Man and superman (1903)、Major Barbara (1905) 、The Doctor’s dilemma (1906) 、Fanny’s First Play (1911) 、Pygmalion（1912）? Novels: Cashel Byron‘s Profession (1886) 、An Unsocial Socialist （1887）、 Love Among the Artists( 1900) 、 The Irrational Knot （1905） Short stories: The Black Girl in search Of GOD (1932) 、The Miraculous Revenge Origin Comedy factors and satire effect Functions about conversation meanings Plot Characters analysis Theme Originate from: An Ancient Greek myth A sculptor from Cyprus Hates woman the idea of getting married Fall in love with his work: a beautiful woman Get married with sculpture Eliza Doolittle （poor flower girl） Henry Higgins （phonetician ） Colonel Pickering Friends Mother and son Mrs. Higgins Freddy Madly in love with Eliza Eliza’s father Colonel Pickering: sensitive and fatherly , he is a real gentleman. Mrs. Higgins: a refined, independent woman . Alfred Doolittle: contented with his own life, selfish, indifferent. Freddy :persistent to love, almost no hierarchical idea. A professor of phonetics Eliza’s teacher, takes her as an experiment Spoiled eccentric, stubborn, self-righteous and willful, complacent, arrogant . Apoor flower girl Acquires a genteel accent and set of manners under Higginss tutelage Headstrong , and coarse street urchin , rebellious nature Higgins’s behaviors The third act is beginning with Higgins’ crude behaviors. ---On Mrs. Higgins’ at-home day(会客日)，Higgins opened the door Crudely, broke up the peaceful and harmony atmosphere. ---When his mother talked to him, he just completely ign