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Melita Quinonez, Black Hills State University, United StatesAbstract
George Bernard Shaw found the topic of transformation a pertinent theme in Pygmalion, especially the message of a female’s transformation at the hands of a superior male figure. The play raises numerous questions from an Intersectional Feminism and Identity Politics lens regarding the treatment of value in relation to humans across different social standings and male-female relationships. As well as the confusion such transformations cause, leading to the bewildering thought of, “What’s to become of me?” The issues of identity crisis and the intrinsic value of a person are explored as we look closer at Shaw's characters struggling with the problem of “afterwards.”
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Conference: IICAH2026Stream: Arts - Arts Theory and Criticism
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Quinonez M. (2026) The Problem With “Afterwards” Transformation and the Female Pupil in Pygmalion and My Fair Lady ISSN: 2432-4604 – The IAFOR International Conference on Arts & Humanities – Hawaii 2026 Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 175-182) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2432-4604.2026.14
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2432-4604.2026.14
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