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Examine how Shaw uses comedy to draw attention to the absurdities of class structure in ‘Pygmalion.’ Contrast this with another of your texts.
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Examine how Shaw uses comedy to draw attention to the absurdities of class structure in 'Pygmalion.' Contrast this with another of your texts. 'Pygmalion' by Bernard Shaw adapts the myth of 'Pygmalion,' a legendary sculptor, who falls in love with a statue he has made of the goddess Aphrodite. The goddess brings the statue to life as Galatea, and Pygmalion marries her. Shaw decided to adapt the myth for the modern stage depicting Higgins as a contemporary Pygmalion and Eliza as his creation. Yet Shaw's play differs from the myth in avoiding its marriage plot and emphasising Eliza's 'assertiveness and independence.' Shaw wanted Pygmalion to be both socially and morally instructive. Beneath the comedy lies 'a satire on the superficiality of class distinctions.' Bernard Shaw founded the Fabian society, a socialist, political organisation devoted to transforming Britain into a socialist state. This is how Shaw described the Fabian Society; 'The Fabian Society seeks...
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