CLUSTER 2

Text: My Fair Lady
Pygmalion

Film: My Fair Lady
She's All That

INTRODUCTION

Pygmalion is a statue sculptor. He does not believe in woman. He thinks that women are not perfect creatures. Therefore for his satisfaction, he sculpted a statue of a lady and named it Galatea. To him Galatea is the most perfect creature. One day he prays to God to make Galatea alive. With God's will Galatea is given life and they live happily ever after.

THEME REVIEW

In "Pygmalion", the sculptor falling in love with the sculpture. This is a common perception because as a sculptor he could be able to sculpt whatever shape and figure that he has in his mind. With the help of god he could materialized his dream. However, this concept could also appear in real life. Not to say that a statue could become a real woman but a person could change another person according to what he or she wants the other person to be. Parents, teacher,and friends are all influencing the other member of the society. This could be in terms of political, believes, education etc. This is what happen to Liza Doolittle in "My Fair Lady" and to Laney in "She's All That".

In "My fair Lady" Prof. Higgins successfully transforms Eliza from a street lady who sells flower to a sophisticated lady: change her dressing, attitude and even language. In this novel and film, education has been seen as the most important factor in order for a person to be a recognizable individual. This concept is almost the same as Pygmalion's. Prof. Higgins wants to shape Eliza because he was challenged by Colonel Pickering. He is looking for a suject even before Eliza dropped in. By having eliza he could prove to Pickering that all his theory about language is correct. But later in the story especially the movie, there is sort of a feeling of love grows in both of them eventhough it was not clearly stated.

In my opinion, these feelings of love grow because the sculptor, in this case Prof. Higgins and Zach, already know the real side of their subject. Prof. Higgins knows about Eliza as they live in the same house during the lesson and Zach knows Laney better as he always be with her and do activities together. The subjects' real talent and beauty are finally prevail due to their own effort (Higgins and Zach). However, in both of the stories the subjects are human beings with feelings. They are not statue like Galatea. After realizing that she is being outsted by Higgins and pickering, Eliza feels she was cheated and so does laney, after she knows that Zach is using her as an object in a batting, she felt betrayed. This is normal. People, especially ladies, would like to be loved because of what they are from the beginning.

CONCLUSIONS

As a conclusion, I would say that if we love somebody means you love something natural about the person from the start. In this case Pygmalion is more sincere because he loves Galatea since she was a sculpture whereas Prof. Higgins and Zach, changed their opinion only after Eliza and Laney have transformed.