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How Does Pygmalion Change Throughout The Play

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Pygmalion was a mythological character who liked to sculpture. He made a statue of his ideal woman - Galatea. The statue was so beautiful that he prayed to the gods it would be brung to life , his wish was granted.
Have you ever had to learn how to speak fluently, in a brand new language that you are not used to ? This is one of many problems for a flower girl Eliza Doolittle. In this story Professor Henry Higgins makes a bet that he would get her to pass for a duchess at an ambassador's garden party by teaching her to assume a veneer of gentility , the most important element of which, he thinks, is impeccable speech. Throughout the play, many characters develop new problems and they all tie into each other. Since Eliza is the newest character …show more content…

At first he shows her that he has no interest in helping her with this transformation, then he eventually came around to accepting because his friend made it more of a challenge that he could not do it. The first thing he does is welcomes her into her new home as she will be staying with him for 6 months to see if she can actually change before she can make it to London to pose as the Queen. Next , she is given a bath and starts to scream like she is being tortured, this is because she has never had to be washed up because she lived in such a poor place before. Now , everyone around her must use proper language all the time so that she will know to never break this habit of using slang and sounds to speak with people. Eliza’s father ; Alfred Doolittle now enters the play , the main reason is because he wants to get money out of Mr.Higgins. He doesn't seem to care about his daughter's welfare , only himself. He views himself as a member of the undeserving poor, and means to go on being undeserving. With his intelligent mind and not having much of an education, he has an eccentric view of life. He is also aggressive, and when Eliza, sticks her tongue out at him, he goes to hit her, but gets stopped by Pickering (The closest thing Pygmalion has to a father figure. He's a genial

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