Stanley Blanc
Mrs.Lage
English IV
3/12/14

Pygmalion Stereotype & Social Class Essay This play was written in order to challenge the social class system which is "Upper Class" "Middle Class" "Low Class", along with stereotypes and sexism. In this Era it was to be believed as the Victorian times, where the Rich were separated from the poor while they are there polar opposite, from money, clothing, lifestyle, the riches way of speech compared to the poor. The Rich speak more than one language, such as French, while the poor struggle to even manage the basic English language. The Poor Living conditions were overcrowded , low chance of education, along with the fact they didn't have a sewage or draining system. The Women of Poor class did household assignments instead of working for that was the man's duty, so they cleaned the house, take care of the children. Men held jobs that were unskilled and the children worked in mills and factories such as manufacturing.

"Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences in 1914… It is… a barbed attack on the British class system and a statement of Shaw’s feminist views.” this is said in Act One of the play, where Clara says to her brother Freddy "It is too tiresome do you expect us to go and get on ourselves?" The quote said here shows that women back then waited in dry while men went out to fetch a cab for them to ride together in. It was until the mid 1900's that this action was expected from every men. young Eliza was treated exactly how the upper class treated the lower class, Freddy bumps poor Eliza down but he carries on with his day to hail a cab for his mother and his sister. it shows that the upper class knocks down the lower class, no pun intended they look at them as little stepping stones instead of human beings, since Eliza (18 or 19 years old) is a self employed flower girl Freddy cost