Keyword: «assonance»

The article deals with stylistic ways of creating the image of the atypical reasoner Alfred Doolittle in the classical work by B. Shaw. The playwright’s imagery is viewed within the context of socialist and feministic ideas advocated in the play. The author comes to the conclusion that Doolittle’s characterization is based upon an ample use of lexical, syntactic and phonetic devices indicative of oratorical style.