Final Exam for E3

01/17/03 

Ms. Wu

TASK I: Listening and Writing for Information and Understanding.

Directions: For this part of the test, you will listen to a personal interpretation of Shaw's play Pygmalion. Write a response based on the situation described below. You will hear the speech  twice. You may take notes on the sheet provided any time you wish during the readings.

Your Task: Write write a report about how , to the author of the speech, that Shaw's Pygmalion is only a modern version of "the Fall of Man" as described in the "Genesis" story of the Bible. Use relevant information from the speech.

Guidelines: 
    Be sure to

• Tell your audience the connections between the Genesis story and Shaw's Pygmalion as described in the speech.

• Use specific, accurate, and relevant information from the speech to support your discussion

• Use tone and level of language appropriate for the report

• Organize your ideas in a logical and coherent manner

• Be sure to indicate any words taken directly from the speech by using quotation marks or referring to the speaker

• Follow the conventions of standard written English
  

Part II Write a critical essay on One of the following topics

1. Compare and contrast the play Pygmalion by Shaw and the myth "Pygmalion" by Ovid. Consider the following elements-

• the similarities and differences between Mr. Higgins and Pygmalion-their attitudes towards women, their feelings towards their art work (creation)
• the position that Galatea (the sculpture created by Pygmalion ) and Eliza are in respectively and their attitudes towards their creators

2. What's Higgins's philosophy?

3. How are the following themes illustrated in the play? Select one theme and explain how it is illustrated throughout the play.

Equality and Social Class in Pygmalion

• Being middle class or upper class does not guarantee happiness.
• Treating others with good manners and equality are important and pronunciation and terminology can "put you in your place" in terms of class.
• People should not be judged by the way they speak.

Evolution in Pygmalion

• When a person's verbal ability increases, so will his/her personality and self-esteem.

Contradictions of Character

Language and Identity        

Education and Identity Changes

Internal and External Changes

The Metamorphosis of Eliza Dolittle in Pygmalion