The Character of Alfred Doolittle in Pygamalion PYGAMALION 1.) In Act 3 we learned a lot more about the character and philosophy of Alfred Doolittle. He is strangely individualistic personally and very eloquent. He is representative of the social class of the "undeserving poor", which, means that he is not entitled to receive financial support from the government, since he is physically able to work. He lives only for the moment; from day to day. The money he gets he wastes on intoxicating himself, and he has no intentions of taking any serious responsibilities, for himself, or for his daughter. Further on, in Act 5, Mr. Doolittle appears at the house of Professor Higgins, and angrily accuses Higgins of making him into a middle-class gentleman against his will. Higgins has said that Alfred Doolittle was the most original moralist in present day England. He has written a note to Mr. Wannafeller, a rich American and told him that. Wannafeller died and left Dolittle a share worth a thousand dollars a year on condition that he¹d lecture for his Wannafeller Moral reform World League ax often as they¹d ask him, possibly up to 6 times a year. Doolittle doesn¹t mind the lectures, but he hates becoming one of the working class, because now he¹s earning a living (middle class morality). He sees now that he has to taken added responsible onto him. He could have turned down the offer but... ... middle of paper ... ...ks out on Higgins in order to pursue a new relationship with a young man named Freddy. With her belief that she is a better person now she is in search of a good relationship with someone who would respect her as a lady, and a person, as well not be afraid to show his affection toward her. For Henry Higgins his life returns the way it has always been with alone. He feels being a bachelor is the best way to go he believes that women will ruin him. Colonel Pickering sees Eliza¹s dramatic change as a positive thing for her life, as well as aid Higgins with his studies. Freddy, the man who is madly in love with Eliza, is still trying to be with her. Eventually they will both marry one another.
...good man, which she ruined by running away with Sanford. Eliza made her own choices and caused her own demise.
Eliza's assaults against True Womanhood are violations of the virtues submissiveness and purity. When Eliza refuses to ignore the gallantry of Major Sanford in favor of the proposals of Reverend Boyer despite the warnings of her friends and mother, she disregards submissiveness in favor of her own fanc...
Firstly, one of the women that is seen to have great influence on the kind relationships forged by those close to her specifically the men around
that her house is all hers now and the she has left an inheritance for her.
The speaker's relationship with her husband had to go over a few changes. At first, she did not want anything to do with her husband, she was still fourteen years old consequently feeling unready on handling such a big responsibility, but she had no other choice but to stay with him as she was a part of an arranged marriage. Later on, the speaker accepts her relationship with her husband and
...latively normal and happy life with her family in their new home in Vermont by adjusting to her new mental environment.
to. With all her heart, she longs for a true friend that she can tell her
ambiguity of life. Holden develops a lot from being the cynical teen who tries to act
good times, in a time of hardship in her life, and trying to find a
her life only to be “perfect” for only a few moments. At the end of the day, we need to
...ers to what she believed were problems. She was very mature for a 14-year-old child. After we talked she simply went inside the house and returned to the normalcy of a school age child.
At the beginning of the story, one can see that there was not a lot of trust on the girl’s end of the relationship. She always speculated where
has the gentle heart of a woman but is not inconsistent as is the way
Eliza does not want to continue being part of the high society and has to stay under Higgins watch but wants to return to where she came from (Berst 100).
...better life. Then she said but then I would not have had a you guys, meaning my twenty-three year old brother and I. She started dating my sister’s husband and now she is happily taken. That is why I feel that in every relationship you learn something about yourself.