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Passive Women in Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea and George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion

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as passive against the power of men, whether intention or not. For example, in George Bernard Shaws "Pygmalion" we are offered a story, written by a man, that does not  seem to indicate that anything is wrong with the social structure that keeps a woman subjective and a man as authoritative. And, with "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys we  have a very obvious look at the damage done to a woman in a society where men possess the ultimate power and control. Bearing these realities in mind we present  the following paper which examines each story separately in terms of the authoritative male and the passive female. The paper follows up with a brief discussion of the two.  Pygmalion In this particular story we have a man who is, in short, an arrogant man. He is convinced that he is the supreme authority on language and the  use of language. His interests are not in individuals, so to speak, but in the use of individuals for the sake of linguistics. This is the reason he has taken  to Eliza for he sees her as a challenge to his art. He feels that he is above her and that he is not to be questioned in whatever he  deems necessary to improve her speech and position. We gain a very powerful understanding of what Shaw presents in his work through examining the preface wherein Shaw states, "Finally, and  for the encouragement of people troubled with accents that cut them off from all high employment, I may add that the change wrought by Professor Higgins in the flower girl  is neither impossible nor uncommon. The modern concierges daughter who fulfills her ambition by playing the Queen of Spain in Ruy Blas at the Th??tre Fran?ais is only one of