The Ways Eliza Changes Over the Course of the Play

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The Ways Eliza Changes Over the Course of the Play

The play "Pygmalion" by George Bernad Shaw is one of the famous

English plays in the world. The main theme and name of the play was

taken from Greek Myth, called "Pygmalion", which a beautiful woman

sculpture became a real woman. In contrast, the main story of this

play is that a young flower girl Eliza Doolittle became a duchess in

the ambassador's party. During the play, she's changing in many ways

from the start to at the end, and the changes of Eliza, the main theme

of this play, should be mentioned in this essay.

When Eliza Doolittle appears herself in Chapter 1, she was just same

shape as other low class people. She wore same thing as other low

class people wear, and looks dirty because she did not wash her body.

In linguistically, her pronunciation and grammar were terrible, and

she has a London accent, so it was hard to understand her talking.

However, although she was lower class people, she was always proud,

and did not afraid to the other person. This quote expresses how she

thinks herself; "I'm good girl, I am!".

Most of main characters are shown in Chapter 1, such as Eliza, Henry

Higgins and Colonel Pickering. When they met first time at the portico

of the church, Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering did not have so

much interest in Eliza, but only a common flower girl. It was same

feeling to the mother and the daughter who met Eliza at first.

She started to change in chapter 2, after Professor Higgins accepted

to teach her. Higgins ordered to Mrs. Pearce to clean and wash up

Eliza, and her dirty appearance and cloths were disappeared. In

physically, she was tu...

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middle class society. It was a serious gap for her.

When her appearance changed a lot in many ways, her mind did not

change so much. She still had strong mind on her, even after education

for became a lady. That's why she was left Professor Higgins who did

not mind on her, and married with Freddy, who care her more lovely

than Professor Higgins. George Bernard Shaw portrays Eliza as a strong

woman.

From the beginning, she was just a common flower girl, which was lower

class. However, after the lessons by Professor Higgins, she became a

lady finally. During the lesson, she learned about English languages,

the manners of the middle class, and behavior. She was confused what

she is, but she had a strong mind on her, so she could overcome the

gap. Whatever it changes, she is still Miss Eliza Doolittle!

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