A man who lived in the dark world to bring out a smile but was confornted by one other than pigmaillio KEY LITERARY ELEMENTS
SETTING
Pygmalion is set in London in the early 1900s. The physical settings of the play include the Portico at St. Paul's in
Covent Garden, Higgins' laboratory and drawing room at Wimpole Street and Mrs. Higgins' drawing room in a flat on
Chelsea Embankment. However it must be kept in mind that in the theatrical context the word 'setting' may refer to
the physical effects of a production, the scenery and properties, or it may refer to the scenery alone. Although
some critics find Pygmalion's setting to be naturalistic, others tend to disagree.
LIST OF CHARACTERS
Major Characters
Henry Higgins
He is a mature, robust and authoritative single man in his forties. In his first appearance in the play he reveals his
single-minded devotion to his career as a phonetician. During the course of the play he transforms a common......
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