This study seeks to clarify how Bernard Shaw in his play,
Pygmalion, modifies and modernizes Charles Perrault‘s Cinderella.
In this play, Shaw presents his heroine not only as a romantic
heroine, but also as an emerging feminist unwilling to settl
e for
anything less than she deserves.
Shaw modifies Charles Perrault‘s Cinderella or The Little Glass
Slipper to reflect the current aspirations of feminism. The inclusion
of mythic romantic elements throughout the play set the stage for a
classic fairy tale ending denied by Eliza Doolittle‘s ideals and
Henry Higgins‘s selfishness.
Shaw presents the character of Eliza with feminist ideals and
shows a realistic interpretation of what happened after Cinderella‘s
transformation when she no longer wished to submit to the Prince.
