Pygmalion and Educating Rita - Rita as a Modern Day Eliza :: Comparison Compare Contrast Essays

Pygmalion and Educating Rita - Rita as a Modern Day Eliza    Although Rita stands in contrast to Eliza, they shargon so some similarities that one could support the statement that  Rita is a modern day Eliza.   both(prenominal) Rita and Eliza rebel against the inflexible club system and have problems developing their potential. They invoke that everyone is capable of fulfilling his potential if he is only given the opportunity. And their teachers and other members of their coterie misunderstand them. Furthermore they reject the traditional role of women as well.   Concerning their characters, Rita and Eliza are intelligent, quick to learn and with a strong individuality. In order to ferment educated, the have to make sacrifices Eliza has to give up her accent and Rita loses her spontaneity and originality. They overly become alienated from their working class backgrounds, for they advance socially with acquiring education. Unlike Rita , Eliza didnt want to change her character. Rita, on the other hand, had woolgather of becoming a completely different person. Consequently, when Rita is happy after go across her exam, whereas Eliza is feels lost between two worlds, neither belonging to the working class nor the middle class.   As to the relationship with their teachers, both students become more self-confident and their teachers become dependent on them, be it in a materialistic or personal way. Yet it is Eliza who complains about Higgins ignorance and carelessness whereas Frank reproaches Rita for her superficiality. At the end Eliza has regained her pride and improved her standard of living although Eliza remaining a social misfit.