Abstract: As we known, Bernard Shaw is a feminism writer in whose many works women are the leading characters. In these plays, he created lots of new women characters featured with bright personality and unique charms. Therefore, Shaw’s feminism is becoming a valuable researching task. As we going deep into the research of Shaw’s feminism, we found that it has limitation, he could only be called a limited feminist. My essay chooses Pygmalion to analyze Shaw’s feminism and its limitations. By aiming at the limitation of Shaw’s feminism, my essay will reread the features of his thoughts on the basis of his known feminism opinions. Then go deep into the research of the cause of Shaw’s limited feminism by touching his life and social backgrounds.
Introduction 1
1.Acknowledgement of Shaw’s obvious feminism 1
1.1 Independent Eliza 1
1.2 Lazy Doolittle 2
1.3 Shaw’s Feminism Shown by Comparison of Eliza and Doolittle 3
2. Analyze the Limitation of Shaw’s feminism 4
2.1 Attractive Higgins with lots of weaknesses
2.2 The Absence of Happy Reunion 4
3. The Cause of Shaw's Limited feminism
3.1 Shaw's Living experience
3.2 The influence of the society
4. Conclusion 5
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