I do appreciate Bernard Shaw as one of the greatest dramatists. While reading the play “Pygmalion” I always noticed the manner of explaining some things by the author to us, readers, and it made me think how it is possible to show emotional state of the character in a book (I mean not in the acting, in the theatre for example). For instance, speaking just about Eliza Doolittle: after reading her cues (“Ah-oo! Ah-oo! It’s too hot!”, Oh I couldn’t!..I never done such a thing.”, “It would kill me!”, “Boohoo, I won’t!”) you can easily imagine what the girl thinks at this moment, why she behaves in this way, what she feels at that instant. The whole play is full of such scenes. To prove my thoughts I suggest you thinking of the scene, when Eliza was made to have a bath. Just recollect all of her words, her shouting. How accurately the author creates this atmosphere to show us this emotional heat. As I have said, Bernard Shaw is very observant of human nature. He shows everything in detail and that helps readers maybe to understand the feelings of the characters better. And obviously nearly every cue can illustrate this.
