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1、Pygmalion(Characters)ProfessorHenryHiggins-HenryHigginsisaprofessorofphoneticswhoplaysPygmaliontoElizaDoolittle'sGalatea.HeistheauthorofHiggins'UniversalAlphabet,believesinconceptslikevisiblespeech,andusesallmannerofrecordingandphotographicmaterialtodocumenthisphoneticsubjects,reduc
2、ingpeopleandtheirdialectsintowhatheseesasreadilyunderstandableunits.Heisanunconventionalman,whogoesintheoppositedirectionfromtherestofsocietyinmostmatters.Indeed,heisimpatientwithhighsociety,forgetfulinhispublicgraces,andpoorlyconsiderateofnormalsocialniceties--theonlyreasontheworld
3、hasnotturnedagainsthimisbecauseheisatheartagoodandharmlessman.Hisbiggestfaultisthathecanbeabully.ElizaDoolittle-"Sheisnotatallaromanticfigure."SoissheintroducedinActI.EverythingaboutElizaDoolittleseemstodefyanyconventionalnotionswemighthaveabouttheromanticheroine.Whensheistransforme
4、dfromasassy,smart-mouthedkerbstoneflowergirlwithdeplorableEnglish,toa(stillsassy)regalfigurefittoconsortwithnobility,ithaslesstodowithherinnatequalitiesasaheroinethanwiththefairy-taleaspectofthetransformationmythitself.Inotherwords,thecharacterofElizaDoolittlecomesacrossasbeingmuchm
5、oreinstrumentalthanfundamental.Thereal(re-)makingofElizaDoolittlehappensaftertheambassador'sparty,whenshedecidestomakeastatementforherowndignityagainstHiggins'insensitivetreatment.Thisiswhenshebecomes,notaduchess,butanindependentwoman;andthisexplainswhyHigginsbeginstoseeElizanotasam
6、illaroundhisneckbutasacreatureworthyofhisadmiration.ColonelPickering-ColonelPickering,theauthorofSpokenSanskrit,isamatchforHiggins(althoughsomewhatlessobsessive)inhispassionforphonetics.ButwhereHigginsisaboorish,carelessbully,Pickeringisalwaysconsiderateandagenuinelygentleman.Hesays
7、littleofnoteintheplay,andappearsmostofalltobeacivilizedfoiltoHiggins'barefoot,absentmindedcrazyprofessor.HehelpsintheElizaDoolittleexperimentbymakingawagerofit,sayinghewillcoverthecostsoftheexperimentifHigginsdoesindeedmakeaconvincingduchessofher.However,whileHigginsonlymanagestotea
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