Comparing Journey of the Magi by Eliot and Pygmalion by Shaw Essays

T. S. Eliots poetry Journey of the Magi is rich in content, imagery, symbolism and above all Biblical References. The poem throws some regent(postnominal) questions to all the readers and seeks answers from them. This poem is actually deep and hard to understand at the very set-back reading. Its charm lies in its complexity and ambiguity. Here the poet talks about trip of three wise men from East and their struggle. Their move starts at a very tough time of the atmosphere the smite time of the year and that makes the task altogether more difficult. The very first step proved hard and unbearable for them. They know from the beginning that the journey is too long and will be tough to accomplish. The very support was sharp and it was b wholeness chilling, very dead of winter.On the different hand, in Pygmalion G. B. Shaw speaks something very similar. In the preface itself he makes his purpose very clear and tells that as a phonetician one can change the emotional state of a layman. The reformation of the inner soul is possible if proper and systematic instruct could be provided to the countrymen. A planned rigorous linguistic training can bring a sea-change in the character of the person. He tells that English language can uplift the status of the person in the society. In the first act he introduces a Notetaker who is interested in noting trim the speech of different class of people in the throng. The Notetaker feels that these people argon not correct users of English language and in a personal manner they are insulting the whole country. He is aware of all the vault in making them fluent speakers moreover as a improver he never looses his hope. Hoping against hope he lives in the expectation that one day the change will come. The Flower Girl is also individual who ... ...ns or Pickering. She realizes her own strengths and power and decides to opt for Freddy. In a office like a powerful woman she makes her mind to support Freddy emotiona l state long.Finally the poem takes so many references from Bible and it revolves around the events in Bible. On the other hand the job is based on a Greek Myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. But unlike the Myth here the heroine of the play rejects her trainer creator sculptor , Prof. Henry Higgins and leads her own destiny. In the poem Journey of the Magi the transformation is well decided and not induced but in the play Pygmalion the transformation comes from someone else. Eliza wants to end up as a Lady in a Flower Shop and that is why she takes lessons from Higgins. In poem the magi are not satisfied with the change and aforementioned(prenominal) way in the play also Eliza is not satisfied with the transformation.