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Theme Growth is inevitable Social status Woman has feeling and value Value of women Appearance vs. reality Chauvinism (how a man treats a man: idean the man is better than woman opposite feminism !dea of appearnce vs reality She"s more than #ust a pretty face She is a woman with value Gentility and manners: class distinction $rostitution(%li&a"s father thin's she"s become a prostitute living with the high class man and marriage

Characterization (iggins: chauvinist %li&a: feminist )reddy: modern progressive person *oolittle+ $ic'ering+ ,rs. (iggins -don"t change (iggins falls in love but doesn"t change. .i&a changes the most: nobody wanted to tal' to .i&a in the beginning but later is as'ed to be married. Clima/0plateau: when .i&a throws the slippers at (iggins

Symbol )lower: symboli&es %li&a"s independence (at: .i&a"s low status+ past life Clothing: progression of .i&a"s social status Arm chair: significance of level of comfort+ sign of comfort and fitting into a society (is in every scene 1 as soon as her accent starts to improve+ she starts to feel more comfortable

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$honogram: (iggins passion and interest1 represents his wor'aholism Scrubbing brush: act of cleansing her1 re-born into a new person1 transformation Soap: Something she wasn"t used to before adapting (iggins" house1 wealth Slippers: shows how .i&a is dependent on (iggins first then independent later by throwing the slippers at him1 devoting herself to him1 putting herself under him and doing things for him to ma'e him feel comfortable1 (iggins" comfort. 2ing : representation of love and a binding agreement (thrown away by (iggins and retrieved by %li&a Chocolates: trust ((iggins ate half and %li&a the other

Feminine Power %li&a: %li&a refuses to sit down when commanded impolitely by (iggins to do so+ but then is convinced to sit by $ic'ering ,rs. $earce: ,rs. $earce accuses (iggins of having poor manners. (e denies it+ but her insistence and detailed accounts force him to admit that he does not have flawless manners. ,rs. (iggins: )eminine $ower 3: ,rs. (iggins critici&es her son"s vulgar language+ but he does not admit he is at fault until $ic'ering supports her argument. 444Shaw says that women marry men who can support them and will worship them. 5ecause %li&a is a strong+ resourceful woman she ma'es a compromise and marries )reddy+ who cannot support her but will adore her. Shaw concludes that powerful women are not usually interested in marrying powerful men.