Effect
An impression made by a work of literature-either on its actual audience or, as its author imagines the effect, on an ideal audience.
Pygmalion Example: In Pygmalion, Shaw uses effect when he unveils Eliza for the first time after she’s been taught to speak differently. This in act 2 when she, Higgins, and Pickering visit Mrs. Higgins on her at-home day. Previous to this point, we’ve only heard Eliza talk in her cockney accent and react in over exaggerated manners. When she is unveiled, she speaks in a measured tone and elegance (perhaps over elegance) of speech. Shaw doesn’t build her transition, in fact you don’t see much of her training at all, so her before and after exhibit sharp contrast to one another and consequently has an effect on the audience. |