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CliffsNotes on Shaw's Pygmalion & Arms and the Man

by Marilynn O. Harper

Other authors: Cliffs Notes Editors, Clifton Hillegass, James Lamar Roberts (Editor)

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In Pygmalion, Shaw presents the classical story of a professor who transforms a girl of the lower class into an elegant creature, who then falls in love with him -- unfortunately in love, that is.Set in Bulgaria, Arms and the Man satirizes romantic attitudes about love and war. Raina, the heroine, falls in love with a cowardly, chocolate-loving enemy soldier during an unnamed war. After the war, her fiance challenges her new admirer to a duel, loses heart, and proposes to the maid instead.… (more)
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Harper, Marilynn O.primary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lowers, James K.main authorsome editionsconfirmed
Cliffs Notes Editorssecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hillegass, Cliftonsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Roberts, James LamarEditorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed

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In Pygmalion, Shaw presents the classical story of a professor who transforms a girl of the lower class into an elegant creature, who then falls in love with him -- unfortunately in love, that is.Set in Bulgaria, Arms and the Man satirizes romantic attitudes about love and war. Raina, the heroine, falls in love with a cowardly, chocolate-loving enemy soldier during an unnamed war. After the war, her fiance challenges her new admirer to a duel, loses heart, and proposes to the maid instead.

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