Comparison between the characters of Major Barbara and Pygmalion Andrew UnderShaft and Alfred Doolittle, two characters from Bernard Shaw's plays, Major Barbara and Pygmalion, have a similar nature but surprisingly different visions of morality and poverty. UnderShaft is a “brazen” capitalist and nothing clouds his vision of his business plans. Doolittle is a man who would much rather live in poverty than be tormented by the responsibility of being wealthy. Although their perspectives differ, they both live for themselves. The most obvious difference between UnderShaft and Doolittle is how they handle their own immorality. UnderShaft is not only not ashamed, but also preaches the values of immorality to others. He is completely unapologetic and is a better businessman for it. Furthermore, he believes that no one does good deeds altruistically. Thanks to this cynical certainty, UnderShaft feels no remorse for doing good things for bad reasons. Doolittle, however, acknowledges that he is behaving immorally. Doolittle isn't ashamed of himself either, he simply states it...
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