George Bernard Shaw,a renowned British playwright following Shakespeare,in-herited and promoted the fine tradition of realistically reflecting social reality and exposing social ills initiated by Henrik Ibsen.He created numerous social issue plays critiquing real-ity,with Pygmalion being one of his outstanding works.Through Michel Foucault's power theory,lower-class women in capitalist society are often marginalized,othered,and aliena-ted.In Pygmalion,the protagonist Eliza undergoes dual discipline of power on her body and discourse,losing autonomy in action and discourse.However,resistance and discipline often coexist,and Eliza eventually awakens,bravely resisting the power control and oppres-sion of the bourgeoisie,achieving dual liberation of body and spirit.
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