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From the following dramas, Hamlet, Playboy, Pygmalion, and Dr. Faustus, which drama do you like the best? Give reasons for your choice.Detailed explanation as to why you chose that particular drama

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As far as writing style and characterization, I would choose Hamlet.  Shakespeare's universal themes and multi-layered characters in the play make it difficult for playwrights to surpass him. Similarly, many of my colleagues and I have admitted that we can read and reread the play and take away something new with each read--I can't say that about many writers.
In regards to social satire, I most enjoy Pygmalion, but that is simply a personal preference for the storyline and Shaw's wit.

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Personally I have always liked the play "Pygmalion." The play takes a derelict woman from the street and allows her the opportunity to see the world from both sides. However, it also demonstrates to the snobbish population, the dynamics of environment, and how it affects people's ability to grow and change. The play makes some strong social statements.
The woman is taken from her natural environment where she is crass and uneducated and taught how to ft into an upper class society. The bet is that it can not be done. While the professor works hard at changing the woman's habits, speech patterns, and style of dress, she is also working hard to make those changes. As a result she no longer fits in the world which she came from. She is like a person without a country.
As a social worker I have witnessed this happen to children that have been placed in foster homes. They have the benefit of developing differently in new homes where they have a world of opportunity, but when they turned 18 they had returned home. They found that they did not belong in their homes anymore and lost the ability to relate to their own families.

George Bernard Shaw

From the following dramas, Hamlet, Playboy, Pygmalion, and Dr. Faustus, which drama do you like the best? Give reasons for your choice. Detailed explanation as to why you chose that particular drama

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