2012年6月26日火曜日

Pygmalion

 I studied “Pygmalion” written by George Bernard show, so I would like to write its impression.
  Higgins, a professor of phonetics who studies the dialect runs into Eliza selling flower on the downtown. Then, he betided on Eliza can be excellent Lady with his friend. He was charming without knowing it through training of phonetics.

 I watched this movie, I would like to state 2 points. One is the use of different words by the difference in social standing. Another is the influence of language in identity. 

 First, I would like to state the former. This had been affected by the background of the era. In this era, the ruling classes like that nobles and churchman had done a political marriage or politics in the international society over the country. So they can use the correct way of speaking to do good administration. However, the lower classes hadn’t had a chance to join their politics. So their language was affected by their lifestyle and characteristic of area. This is why, it’s no use causing by the way of speaking in each classes.

 Next, I would like to state the influence of language in identity. Are people who can use the way of the correct pronunciation, human greater and more excellent? Or, are people who can’t use it, inferior to others. In this movie, was she able to be great Lady to pronounce the correct way of language? I don’t think so. Making personality of Eliza is rather talking by using word that she can’t pronounce very well and was affected by own emotion than she uses word that she was instilled formal language and behave. If everyone behave formal and use perfect pronunciation word, they have only one identity and emotion.

 This is why, I think that people can’t express the genuine identity if they would use formal language and behave or became a perfect Lady. (316/6752 words)

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