Question

Do the film version of Pygmalion and the original text have the same setting? why or why not? if the setting is the same, does the setting in the film version look the way you imagined it would when you read the original text?

Answer 1

The setting of the film and that of the original text are similar, but they differ in some ways. In both the film and in the original text, the story is set in England. However, in the original story, Watson and Holmes work out of their shared apartment at Baker Street, in London. In the film, they work in a fancy office with modern equipment, such as intercoms and typewriters. Holmes also has a female secretary in the film. So the setting for Holmes’s workplace in the film differs greatly from the setting in the original text.

The setting of the crime scene—the Stoke Moran manor—is much the same in the story and in the film. The original text mentions gypsies residing on the plantation grounds of the Roylott estate. The film also shows gypsies living outdoors on the estate. I was surprised to see just how much the setting of Stoke Moran was how I had imagined it to be while reading the story. This dark and gloomy setting in the film helped the director create a mood of mystery and evil.

Answer 2

Both the film version and the text use the same setting. It takes place in London, and opens at Covent Garden in act 1. The setting then shifts to Higgins’s house in act 2. The film has the same settings, except for a brief scene that takes place at Eliza’s home. The setting in the film also looks similar to how I imagined it would while reading the play. The busy London marketplace and Higgins’s house with all of its fancy phonetics equipment matched my idea of the play’s setting.

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