Why did George Pearson gets astonished when Mrs. Fitzgerald calls him ‘George’? How does Mrs. Pearson make fun of him?

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Mrs. Fitzgerald is their neighbour. Obviously, George Pearson is astonished when she informally calls him ‘George.’ Mrs. Pearson makes fun of him by saying that his name is, after all, George and then asks him mockingly whether he thinks he is Duke of Edinburgh.

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  2. If you were to write about these issues today what are some of the incidents, examples and problems that you would think of as relevant?
  3. Is drama a good medium for conveying a social message? Discuss.
  4. Discuss in groups, plays or films with a strong message of social reform that you have watched.

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