Thanks to rapid technological progress, it has a great impact in many fields and helps improve living standards. Undoubtedly, technology can help eradicate the negative effects of poverty and can improve the lives of the poor. Poverty is the most difficult way to live. It makes the life of human beings very pathetic and pitiful. Life in poverty causes the poor to struggle day after day. If this poor person has given the opportunity to make changes in his life, he will try to use the opportunity to make a change in his life. “Pygmalion,” a film based on the play by Bernard Shaw, chronicles the life of a poor young flower girl who has been neglected and disrespected due to her low standard of living, unkempt appearance and the dirty language she speaks . Huxley rightly says in his essay “Hyperion to a Satyr”, “Smelly rags or clean linen, liveries, uniforms, canons, the latest fashions… are the symbols in terms of which men and women have thought of the relations of class to class, of person with person..." (Hyperion to the Satyr). Analyzing Act II of “Pygmalion” with the help of Huxley's essay, it is clear that technology has had a great impact in changing poor Eliza's life. The technologies that played a vital role in the effort to transform Eliza are the technology of washing clothes, wearing fashionable clothes, language techniques, and teaching methods used by Huggins. The aural expert, Higgins, accepts the challenge of molding Eliza Doolittle, poor, flowery Cockney girl. As a first attempt, he wants to change Eliza's appearance, since the appearance helps her show herself as a high-class girl. By keeping herself and her clothes clean, she can rise up the status ladder into the so... middle of paper... aspect of the poor, not just the grieving poor or the working poor. It presents poor Eliza's life as an example of poor people and applies technology on her to demonstrate that it has the ability to reduce the negative effects of poverty. In the essay, the technologies discussed have truly changed the way other people look at Eliza and have helped her gain respect in society. In Act II, the appearance of Doolittle, Eliza's father, is important, as it helps readers realize Eliza's family background and the social context she comes from. Language cues are closely linked in the classroom. The fact is that from people's accent and dialect, Higgins can identify where they were born. Although these technologies do not change Eliza's character, they have had a great impact on her life, so much so that she has gained the confidence to lead a standard lifestyle...
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