Social Class in George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion and Heartbreak House Es

affable class can be thought of as a very central indicator of who a person is. Social class is defined as a broad group in society having common economic, cultural, or political status. Where somebody comes from can action somebodys decision to become involved with that person or non, can piece whether that person pull up stakes be hired for a job or not and can often effect they way one is looked at and treated by society. Either way, class preeminence is always homely within society.Using both(prenominal) plays by George Bernard Shaw, the relevance of the statement, ?class bankers bill is always evident within society,? will be shown through the exercising of examples, from both texts. The specific categories of examples are, character, style and setting. In these categories, Pygmalion and Heartbreak plate will prove to be more diametrical to each other than they are similar. In the plays, Pygmalion and Heartbreak fellowship, it is shown through character?s speech, actions and mannerisms, that class distinction is always evident within society. The characters, Henry Higgins, the Eynsford Hill family, and Colonial Pickering, tout ensemble show how social class and economic rank are important in the play, Pygmalion. Henry Higgins shows discrimination towards the lower class Eliza Doolittle by addressing her not as a lady but as a ?draggletailed guttersnipe? (Shaw, Pygmalion, 26). When Eliza Doolittle enters the Higgins/ Pickering residence, Henry Higgins is not sure what to do with such a murky lower class girl, he asks Pickering, ?shall we ask this baggage to sit down, or shall we throw her out the window (Shaw, Pygmalion, 23). These comments towards Eliza Doolittle greatly hurt her self see and show that even when somebody is being as polite as they possi... ...plimentary. Using the style of naturalism it was shown that in Pygmalion, current environment is the dependable indicator of what social class one belongs, whereas in Heartbreak H ouse it was shown that heredity is the more accurate indicator. In the phratry of style, Pygmalion and Heartbreak House are more different than they are similar. In exploring the setting of 19th century England, that was used for both plays, it was shown that even in times of conversion and in times of war, class distinction is always present. In the category of setting, Pygmalion and Heartbreak House prove to be more alike than different. Since two out of three categories show that the two plays are more different, the precedent hypothesis proves true Pygmalion and Heartbreak House are more different than they are alike when it comes to social class and the role that it plays in both texts.