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Pygmalion Plot Analysis: Structure & Development in Modern Drama Lecture

Explore the key elements of plot development and structure in George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" through the Initial Situation, Conflict, Complication, Climax, Suspense, Denouement, and Conclusion. Delve into the fateful encounter between Eliza Doolittle, Henry Higgins, and Colonel Pickering, the resolution of Eliza's linguistic challenges, and the complexities that arise as the characters navigate social class dynamics and personal growth.

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Pygmalion Plot Analysis: Structure & Development in Modern Drama Lecture

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  1. DRAMA IIModern Drama Lecture 25

  2. SYNOPSIS • Plot Type and Analysis: Development and Structure • Initial Situation • Conflict • Complication • Climax • Suspense • Denouement • Conclusion

  3. Pygmalion Plot Analysis Structure and Development

  4. Pygmalion Plot Analysis

  5. Pygmalion Plot AnalysisInitial Situation

  6. Pygmalion Plot AnalysisInitial Situation • Eliza Doolittle is a poor girl with a thick accent and no prospects. Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering are gifted linguists. The three have a fateful encounter one night in Covent Garden, during which Higgins reveals his talents as a teacher. • OK, this is pretty standard. Shaw introduces us to the main characters, lets us know that Eliza has a problem, and that Henry has the skills to fix it.

  7. Pygmalion Plot AnalysisConflict

  8. Pygmalion Plot AnalysisConflict • The next day, Pickering and Higgins are working in Higgins's laboratory. Their conversation is interrupted by the entrance of Eliza. When the girl demands to be given lessons, Higgins bets Pickering he can pass her off as a duchess given six months. Pickering agrees. • Here we have the potential resolution. Higgins is now given the opportunity to fix Eliza's problems…but it's not all sunshine and rainbows. His motives for doing so aren't exactly clear.

  9. Pygmalion Plot AnalysisComplication

  10. Pygmalion Plot AnalysisComplication • Alfred Doolittle, Eliza's father, shows up and blackmails Higgins into giving him some money. Eliza is a quick study, but teaching her proper grammar and manners proves difficult. Freddy Eynsford Hill falls head over heels for her anyway. Higgins's mother warns him that he's only hurting Eliza by training her. • This is where things get, well, complicated. Eliza's father threatens to end the bet before it starts, teaching Eliza proves difficult, a romantic element is introduced, and a warning is issued. And rest assured, that warning isn't there for nothing.

  11. Pygmalion Plot AnalysisComplication

  12. Review • Plot Type and Analysis: Development and Structure • Initial Situation • Conflict • Complication • Climax • Suspense • Denouement • Conclusion

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