🏛️The story of Pygmalion and Galatea has been a popular motif throughout history, including in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale and My Fair Lady, a musical adaptation of Shaw's play.
🗣️Shaw uses the characters of Pygmalion and Galatea to comment on the power dynamics in relationships and the idea of transformation through education and language.
🧪The concept of transforming someone through education is also explored in the field of linguistics, particularly in the theory of language acquisition known as the Critical Period Hypothesis.
🔍The ending of Shaw's play, where Eliza leaves Higgins and asserts her independence, challenges traditional gender roles and questions the idea of women as possessions.
💔The ending of Shaw's play can be seen as a critique of the notion of possessing or controlling another person, showing the importance of individual agency and autonomy.