Higgins And Eliza In George Shaw's Pygmalion

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Eliza Doolittle, the protagonist of George Shaw's Pygmalion starts off similar to Henry Higgins the antagonist being clever, child like, unaware But soon finds herself at the end like Pickering respectful, aware, even independent. The similarities between Higgins and Eliza is Primarily shown in Act 3 when she goes to meet Mrs. Higgins And her friends. This is shown when Freddy laughs at What Eliza said saying ¨Ha! ha! how awfully funny!¨ Eliza, I believe in a way becomes angry child like at most and starts showing the trait of again child like but everything goes into thrust and derails even farther when she starts talking about her aunt saying ¨Y-e-e-e-es, Lord love you! Why should she die of influenza? She comes through diphtheria right enough …show more content…

I called him Freddy or Charlie same as you might yourself if you were talking to a stranger and wished to be pleasant. [She sits down beside her basket].¨ Eliza may indeed deny That she didn't deceive Mrs.Hill but in technicality she did and that is deceiving now if we apply this to Higgins comes out the same. When we first meet Higgins back in Act 1 he appears to be a Gentlemen who must be respected by his peers and his dialect only adds the illusion but further down the road it is shown he is a bully or as some might say a tyrant Higgins is not as he seems and we can tell just by the way he interacts with Eliza vs. Others such as his interaction with Freddy in act 3 ¨HIGGINS [looking at him much as if he were a pickpocket] I'll take my oath I've met you before somewhere. Where was …show more content…

Well, here we are, anyhow! [He sits down on the ottoman next Mrs. Eynsford Hill, on her left.] And now, what the devil are we going to talk about until Eliza comes?¨ Higgins makes himself appear as if he's someone you'd enjoy having as company Higgins even fools Mrs.Hills ¨MRS. HIGGINS. Henry: you are the life and soul of the Royal Society's soirees; but really you're rather trying on more commonplace occasions. HIGGINS. Am I? Very sorry. [Beaming suddenly] I suppose I am, you know. [Uproariously] Ha, ha! MISS EYNSFORD HILL [who considers Higgins quite eligible matrimonially] I sympathize. I haven't any small talk. If people would only be frank and say what they really think!¨ Mrs.Hills Believes Higgins to be a man who could marry (Us the audience knowing Higgins true nature know that he simply couldn't be) By the end of Acts 4-5 We see her start to stop her process of thought and think about the grand plan and where it leaves her after it and when Eliza finds out all she is destined to do after Higgins is done with her is to sell herself off to marriage she no longer wants to live in the fantasy she has created and starts reevaluating herself and ends with her no longer wanting to oblige herself to Higgins This is where Eliza begins to move off from Higgins and starts showing traits off

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