Professional Skills in Hamlet by Shakespeare

Professional Skills in Hamlet by Shakespeare: Keywords: Professional Definition, Nature of Profession, Career, Occupation, Employ Better service is provided to appeal buyers. Professional definition is a struggle for the sake of earning, name and fame. In most famous play, Hamlet, William Shakespeare exhibits his talents through unique lines. Prince Hamlet can’t write, act or direct drama in a away as Shakespeare does. He started his career as an actor and became the greatest dramatist of time. His work is known throughout the world..Nature of his profession is to write, say words and express naturally. His career demands him to observe and think deeply. Shakespeare can direct the drama very well but Hamlet can’t because it is not his field. His responsibility might be to see his education or keep an eye on state matters. Drama was Shakespeare’s living and interest. He took it as profession but it was not Hamlet’s profession. Being a son of king Hamlet his responsibility is to see state matters or what is happening in palace. Drama Hamlet written by Shakespeare is well composed play in the history of Elizabethan drama. It is obvious prince Hamlet can’t write or give directions as professionally as Shakespeare can. He is successful playwright of that particular age. There are several aspects under consideration. Shakespeare directs actors that dialogue delivery should be natural. Their words should suit to their action and action to words. He advises that with this special overstep is not the modesty of nature. It acquires and begets a temperance that may give it smoothness while performing play on the stage for their particular audience. Only he can say that it offends him to the soul to hear a fellow tear a passion to tatters groundlings because he is employed. Gillian Woods explores how the play unsettles distinctions between performance and reality and how it thus exposes the mechanisms of theatre. Hamlet is prince who is student in university, a learned and a scholar person. He is successor of the kingdom. It seems impossible for him to know in detail about how to perform dialogues and how to act a play very well. Besides a prince can be interested in drama but he can’t know in detail about the audience or what type of audience in actual. All these can be known by Shakespeare but not Hamlet. Conclusion is that there are autobiographical elements in the play through giving directions to actors.

Head of the family, in a Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry

Head of the family, in a Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine

Hansberry

Keywords: Supervise, Guide, Educate

             Mama is maternal head of the family in every way. She does her duty devotedly as to supervise her family very well. She is caring and loving. She corrects her children, Walter, Ruth and Beneatha when she thinks they need it. She realizes her responsibilities towards her family very well. There are several aspects which are sufficient to argue in her support.

            When she comes to know that Ruth doesn’t want her next child and she is going to destroy the child she advises her to be relax and feel tension free. In this respect she also directs her son that they are the persons who give life to their children but not destroy them. She refers her husband’s sayings when she is convincing her son.

            On finding her daughter’s controversial thoughts about religion she minds it and doesn’t like her views. She knows well that faith is a great source of faith in human beings. If a person losses faith he or she can develop negative thinking in mind and in result possibility is to lost personal faith also.

            Similarly Beneatha’s low feelings about her brother are disliked by Mama. She reminds her that she and her husband had taught her to love her brother since her childhood. And how she can forget that lesson, parents had given her on any step. She makes her to get things. She argues that a brother can make mistake but it doesn’t mean that he deserves to be hatred or disliked. She will not let him loose his confidence only for the sake of money .Any person can make mistakes in life intentionally or unintentionally but he or she should not be downed. Family members are to rise him up but not to feel him down and degraded.

            Everyway mama is maternal head of the family. She feels her responsibility to stand her son as a future head of the family and be confident. She has started to educate him for such purposes successfully as he begins to realize his responsibilities towards his family.

 

Elizabeth’s Character in Pygmalion by Barnard Shaw Keywords: Intelligent, Confident, Self-respect Female protagonist of the play Liza’s character is strong enough to impress the readers and audience. There are several aspects which strengthen Barnard Shaw’s point of view in this respect. Higgins argues that Liza is intelligent and has better ear than Higgins. After getting success Liza becomes confident even to pass comments on her teachers, Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering. She has objection against Professor Higgins, because he always treated her as a flower girl. She admires Pickering that it was he who made her realize that she was duchess. She states that she knew that she could be a lady , because he always treated her as a lady. She offers her gratitude for she learnt really nice manners from Pickering which could make her a lady. She was brought up in a way and was unable to control over using bad language. She learnt from Pickering that ladies and gentlemen don’t behave like that. She threats Higgins that she will advertize in paper that Higgins’s duchess is only a flower girl and she can teach anybody to be duchess .A flower girl has made a tower of inner strength who can threats Higgins. Points out his blunders. She can appreciate good qualities in Pickering too. Henry Higgins is happy as he has made her woman in real meanings. LIZA. Yes: you turn round and make up to me now that I'm not afraid of you, and can do without you. Of course I do, you little fool. Five minutes ago you were like a millstone round my neck. Now you're a tower of strength: a consort battleship. You and I and Pickering will be three old bachelors together instead of only two men and a silly girl.

Elizabeth’s Character in Pygmalion by Barnard Shaw

Keywords: Intelligent, Confident, Self-respect

Female protagonist of the play Liza’s character is strong enough to impress the readers and audience. There are several aspects which strengthen Barnard Shaw’s point of view in this respect.             Higgins argues that Liza is intelligent and has better ear than Higgins. After getting success Liza becomes  confident even to  pass comments on her teachers, Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering.

She has objection against Professor Higgins, because he always treated her as a flower

girl. She admires Pickering that it was he who made her realize that she was duchess. She states that  she knew that she could be a lady , because

he always treated her as a lady.

            She offers her gratitude for she learnt really nice manners from Pickering which could make her a lady. She was brought up in a way and was unable to control over using bad language. She learnt from Pickering that ladies and gentlemen don’t behave like that.

She threats Higgins that she will advertize in paper that Higgins’s duchess is only a flower girl and she can teach anybody to be duchess .A flower girl has made a tower of inner strength who can threats Higgins. Points out his blunders. She can appreciate good qualities in Pickering too. Henry Higgins is happy as he has made her woman in real meanings.

LIZA. Yes: you turn round and make up to me now that I'm not

afraid of you, and can do without you. Of course I do, you little fool. Five minutes ago you were like a millstone round my neck. Now you're a tower of strength: a consort battleship. You and I and Pickering will be three old bachelors together instead of only two men and a silly girl.

Elizabeth’s Character in Pygmalion by Barnard Shaw

Keywords: Intelligent, Confident, Self-respect

Female protagonist of the play Liza’s character is strong enough to impress the readers and audience. There are several aspects which strengthen Barnard Shaw’s point of view in this respect.             Higgins argues that Liza is intelligent and has better ear than Higgins. After getting success Liza becomes  confident even to  pass comments on her teachers, Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering.

She has objection against Professor Higgins, because he always treated her as a flower

girl. She admires Pickering that it was he who made her realize that she was duchess. She states that  she knew that she could be a lady , because

he always treated her as a lady.

            She offers her gratitude for she learnt really nice manners from Pickering which could make her a lady. She was brought up in a way and was unable to control over using bad language. She learnt from Pickering that ladies and gentlemen don’t behave like that.

She threats Higgins that she will advertize in paper that Higgins’s duchess is only a flower girl and she can teach anybody to be duchess .A flower girl has made a tower of inner strength who can threats Higgins. Points out his blunders. She can appreciate good qualities in Pickering too. Henry Higgins is happy as he has made her woman in real meanings.

LIZA. Yes: you turn round and make up to me now that I'm not

afraid of you, and can do without you. Of course I do, you little fool. Five minutes ago you were like a millstone round my neck. Now you're a tower of strength: a consort battleship. You and I and Pickering will be three old bachelors together instead of only two men and a silly girl.

Henry Higgins Idealizes his Mother in Pygmalion by Barnard Shaw

Henry Higgins Idealizes his Mother in Pygmalion by 

Barnard Shaw

Keywords: Idealize, Trust, Support

            Mr. Higgins seems to idealize his mother as she is mature and wise lady, having worldly wisdom. There are several aspects which show Higgins attachment with his mother.

            Mrs. Higgins says that it is a pity that he never falls in love except with the woman who are forty five or above. He replies that he doesn’t wish to be bothered by young women and says his idea of loveable woman is somebody as like is mother as possible. He trusts his mother and goes on to say that he can never fall in love with any young woman. Some habits, he says, are too deep to be changed. He argues that he is used to with his mother and such habits he can’t change at. He needs a woman l similar to his mother in wisdom, judgment and exposure.

            Mr. Higgins teaches Liza far from his mother but still he prefers Liza’s performance in her judgment. His mother’s comments about Liza mean to him. Though she doesn’t like his coming while her guests were present at home but still he depends upon her.

            He explains her as, “I've a sort of bet on that I'll pass her off as a duchess in six months. I started on her some months ago; and she's getting on like a house on fire. I shall win my bet. She has a quick ear; and she's been easier to teach than my middle-class pupils because she's had to learn a complete.”

            It can be observed whenever he is in difficulties he knocks his mother’s door. Twice in the play he connects his mother to get her support. First he wanted to introduce Liza to his mother to get her remarks. Second time he again comes to her to get her support while things are going out of his control he feels need her mother’s support. She calls him as , “you silly boy”.

Mrs. Pearce’s Character in Pygmalion by Barnard Shaw

Mrs. Pearce’s Character in Pygmalion by Barnard Shaw

Keywords: Company, Sensible, Mature

            Mrs. Pearce is Higgins’s house keeper. She is plain, blunt kind of woman through her we come to know some of Higgins abnormalities. Higgins is untidy in his habits and makes plentiful use of objectionable words like damn, devil or bloody. She strikes us as a woman considerable knowledge of human nature and much sound sense. She seems to have been in Higgins’s service for the past many years. She has accustomed to all his oddities and eccentricities although she is critical of certain habits of her master. Besides she has a lot of respect for her master.

            Mrs. Pearce is a maid but her mental level is high than her capabilities as a servant. There are several aspects which distinguishes her from other characters.  

            By living in company of learned professor Mrs. Pearce has sufficient knowledge about phonetics. She also knows well what will be the effects on Liza in coming future. What would be the possible problems if she becomes successful. She is sensible and mature. She thinks her responsibility to tell Higgins possible hindrances in the way to success.

            She states as, “I ask you not to come down to breakfast in your dressing-gown, or at any rate not to use it as a napkin to the extent you do, sir. And if you would be so good as not to eat everything off the same plate, and to remember not to put the porridge saucepan out of your hand on the clean tablecloth.”

            She advises Higgins to be careful about such things while teaching the girl. She knows well what things should be adopted and what should be avoided in teaching a flower girl. She also has courage to express what she realizes. Higgins admits that she is quite right and he would be particularly careful before the girl.  

Colonel Pickering in Pygmalion by Barnard Shaw

Colonel Pickering in Pygmalion by Barnard Shaw

 Keywords: Nature, Generous, Co-operative

There are something in nature of human beings which give them benefits. Same way there are some weak points as part of someone’s characterization. Nothing is perfect in the world. Higgins is more intelligent in his professional performance while he has some weak points, a part of his personality.

 On the other hand Pickering has positive characteristics in his nature which value him in eye of Liza and Mrs. Pearce as well.  In the end Liza gives credit behind her success there are Pickering’s good manners and his being generous with her. He has been co-operative and encouraging Liza to be confident. Because he made her feel high, valuable and capable.

Liza admires Pickering as , “ that Your calling me Miss

And there were a hundred little things you never

noticed, because they came naturally to you. Things about

standing up and taking off your hat and opening doors.”

 Liza likes Pickering’s manners because he respects her and makes her realize that she is respectable in this respect. He doesn’t deal her a flower girl but as a honorable lady or as she is a duchess. Pickering shows responsibility in Liza’s matters. He makes it clear that they would not misuse the girl who wanted to improve her.

He doesn’t forget to appreciate Liza’s performance in aristocratic party. Liza comments that it was Pickering’s goods manners which contributed great in encouraging her females like duchess.

“Oh come! the garden party was frightfully exciting. My

heart began beating like anything.”

Henry Higgins, in Pygmalion by Barnard Shaw

Henry Higgins, in Pygmalion by Barnard Shaw

Keywords: Phonetics, Nature, Drawbacks.

    

Henry Higgins is a professor of phonetics who teaches Liza to speak properly and behave elegantly. He is a professor of phonetics, science of speech. He is sincere in his work and in teaching. Though Higgins is a successful Professor  but there are several  drawbacks in Higgins’s character             Professor Henry Higgins has many-sided personality, having high merits and irritating deficiencies. He is a scholar of great distinction who has high merits besides having draw backs. He has not good opinion about women that is why still he is bachelor and lives a life as a single .In professor’s opinion woman wants to live her own way and man wants his own way. Each tries to drag the other on to the wrong track. Despite of all that he wants to do experiment on poor flower girl to transform her into a duchess.             Mrs. Pearce, maid servant, points out several drawbacks which she finds mistakes in learning process. She argues it wouldn’t be benefited in learning for Miss Doolittle.  On breakfast he does things which are objectionable and hindrances in learning process for Miss Doolittle. She also states that he uses wrong words on irritating. He is short temper. He excuses that next time he will take care as such things can be harmful in elegant language and sober manners for a sophisticated lady of high rank.                Mrs. Higgins, professor’s mother views there are several things which are objectionable in Higgins. Whenever he is pondering or worry about any things he begins rattling keys and coins in his pocket. Mrs. Higgins forbids him as it is awkward for the guests she had invited. Due to such things she has stopped him not to come on the day when she is with her guests at home. She thinks he will do something which her guests don’t like.             Even after getting success exposing a s a duchess Liza points out weak points which she noticed during her learning. In the end she says it on Higgins’s face. Higgins realizes that he had made Liza a duchess in real.