What is the effect of the underlined sentence on page 2?
George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion is a twentieth
century adaptation of a very old tale. In Greek mythology
Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with his own
creation, a woman made of Ivory. The goddess Venus
granted his wish that his creation come to life,
It reveals Higgins's modesty about his work.
It demonstrates Higgins's sense of humor.
In Shaw's version of the story, Professor Henry Higgins
assumes the role of Pygmalion, only his creation is a
young woman whom he and his friend bet they can
"transform into a proper lady, aided only by instruction in
language and manners. The play satirized many social
problems of the day, including inequalities between
socioeconomic classes and men and women,
It conveys the idea that Higgins thinks his
experiment is noble.
In the following scene from Act Ill of the play. Higgins's
mother reminds the two men that Eliza is a human being
with feelings, which they seem not to have considered
It shows that Higgins is curious about human
nature.
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