Abstract
This thesis takes the play as the point of departure to decode the destiny of the protagonist Eliza of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, and analyses three different endings resulting from Eliza’s choice. Then it introduces two classics, namely ancient Greek myth Pygmalion and His Statue and the fairy tale Cinderella, to approach the rationality of the first two possible endings. Finally, it goes on to study the reason why Shaw chooses the third ending. In terms of his living social environment and literary and feminist viewpoints, it concludes that the ending is based on Shaw’s critical realism and support for women liberation.
Keywords George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion Denouement Women Liberation Critical Realism
本文从戏剧原文入手，解读萧伯纳戏剧《皮格马利翁》中女主人公伊莉莎选择的“白马王子”，挖掘出她的选择所导向的三种不同结局。进而引入古希腊神话《皮格马利翁与其雕像》和童话《灰姑娘》两种经典模式，英语毕业论文，根据这两种经典模式，略论前两种结局的合理性。再结合萧伯纳所处的时代背景及其本人的著作创作观及女性主义观，研讨萧伯纳选择最终结局的原因，英语论文范文，即他本人的批判现实主义观及女性解放观。
关键词 萧伯纳 皮格马利翁 结局 女性解放 现实批判
1.Introduction
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), the Nobel Prize winner for literature in 1925, is an outstanding realistic Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman. He is considered to be the greatest playwright in England since Shakespeare. In his life, he has written 51 famous plays, which are widely considered as the mainstream in the 20th century English theatre. As a Fabianist, Shaw pays great attention to social and economic problems as well as political events, thus his plays are concerned with realistic problems rather than theatrical entertainment. Generally speaking, his plays can be divided into three major branches: unpleasant plays, pleasant plays and plays for Puritans. Some of his most famous plays are Widowers’ Houses, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Major Barbara, and Pygmalion.
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