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B. S. = a Bright Storyteller- есе /evaluative essay/
Yes, Bernard Shaw is a real master of giving impressive and full descriptions of his characters. I am actually perplexed by how the author managed to describe a whole range of different people at once. Along with ladies and gentlemen of the upper class, people from the gutters are depicted so sincerely and elaborately. Speaking about Mr. Doolittle, we can but admire Shaw’s deep insight into the character’s real self. Eliza’s father reproduces monologues which can compete with a real work of art. "I’ve heard all the preachers and all the prime ministers – for I’m a thinking man and game for politics or religion or social reform same as all the other amusements – and I tell you it’s a dog’s life any way you look at it.” The very thing that the author provides this minor character with such cues proves that Shaw wants to reveal the hidden streaks of Mr. Doolittle. This humble man is able to combine plainness with dignity and self-respect. His inner world turns out to be more spacious and complicated than we expected.

In the last acts of the play this character is becoming more peculiar. Mr. Doolittle, who has just got an enormous sum of money, seems to be depressed and angry because his life was altered despite his willing. Shaw is eager to show two contradictory sides of his nature. On the one hand, Mr. Doolittle will never be the same humble man again, he will never have the same simple pleasures in his life such as getting drunk and singing songs loudly late at night. On the other hand, he has no courage to refuse all this money. He is rich and his wealth has become a prison for him. "I was happy. I was free. I touched pretty nigh everybody for money when I wanted it, same as I touched you, Enry Iggins. Now I am worrited; tied neck and heels; and everybody touches me for money." This monologue is a compelling evidence of Shaw's ability to reveal all the sectrets of human nature, to show it from differents points of view. The author lets us see this great variety of traits and feelings of the character and that is an unschooled and splendid talent. Bernard Shaw is a bright storyteller, am I right?
Категория: Английски език | Добавено от: gemi (2010-12-13) | Автор: ученици W
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