Higgins suspects that Eliza will stay in the gutter for a couple of months before giving up and seeking shelter elsewhere.
Higgins is interested in Eliza because he sees her as a challenge to transform from a common flower girl into a refined lady, showcasing his skills as a phonetics expert. Eliza's transformation also presents an opportunity for him to test his theories on language and social class. Additionally, Higgins is likely intrigued by Eliza's determination and spirit, which adds an element of excitement to his project.
In "Pygmalion," Higgins views Freddy as a lovestruck and naive individual. He sees him as infatuated with Eliza and lacking the self-assuredness and independence that Higgins values. However, Higgins also underestimates Freddy's capabilities and potential for growth.
Eliza is made to conform at Professor Higgins' home through strict rules and expectations on her behavior, speech, and appearance. She is expected to follow his instructions without question and adapt to his standards of cleanliness and decorum. Higgins uses his authority to mold her into a proper lady according to his own definitions.
At Mrs. Higgins' home, Eliza drops her h's, uses improper grammar, and behaves inappropriately. She doesn't follow social norms and etiquette, which Mrs. Higgins points out to her during the visit.
When Eliza had given the threat of marrying Freddy and had told Higgins that she could stand on her own two feet now, Higgins had realized how he had grown so accustomed to her face, voice and actions that he couldn't live with out it, hence the song :) Hope this helped.
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It is not a matter of should she. The book/play has been written. She does.
Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flowergirl, is coached in manners, diction and pronunciation by Professor Higgins. He then introduces her into high society, where she is mistaken for an aristocrat, but she never actually 'turns into a duchess'.
In My Fair Lady, Colonel Hugh Pickering is one of the principal characters and like Professor Henry Higgins is an expert in phonetics. Henry Higgins is first prompted to take action with 'reforming' Eliza Doolittle when he boasts of his prowess in phonetics.
She does not have a problem. She has a very pronouced "dirty" english/british accent. Dr. Higgins teaches her the queens english.
I consider 'Pygmalion' an unusual play that does not conform to the traditional romance. For instance, in Act I, the introduction of the main characters, Eliza and Higgins, is not typical as in other romances where characters fall in love from the start of the play. Eliza does not fall in love with him at first sight, love is not present from the beginning, as in traditional romances. The protagonist, Eliza, is described as not being a romantic figure at all. The male protagonist, Higgins, calls Eliza a "squashed cabbage leaf",while she can do no better than "Ah-ah-ah-ow-ow-ow-oo" back at him. The impression she makes on him is abstract (as an interesting phonetic subject), while that which he makes on her is monetary (he throws her some change). Thus, such impression may aniticipate that love between Eliza and Higgins will not take place and they will not end together. In fact, Shaw's intention is to reverse the myth of Pygmalion since the play does not end happily, that is to say, with Eliza and Higgins together. What is more, 'Pygmalion' is very similar to Shaw's own life. Actually, he had a frustated marriage. Perhaps, Shaw wanted to show his own love experience, an unconventional romance, different from the traditional fairy tales, and leave the end open to the audience's imagination.
Both. He improved Eliza's life by enabling her to escape her lower caste birth, but in the process treated her as an object for his own personal amusement, gratification, and to win a bet. The objectification of a human being is degrading and humiliating for the person being objectified. It is a form of psychological battering.
A phonetics professor, Henry Higgins, takes a bet from a man named Colonel Pickering to make Eliza Doolittle, a flower girl with a distinct Cockney accent, trick everyone into thinking that she is a lady. However, Eliza is very dirty, unrefined, and unladylike, making this task very difficult.
Higgins’s obsession with discipline and perfect phonetics clearly indicated his need to spend more time with women and enjoy life in a relaxed environment. Pickering’s behavior simply showed his career would have been more complete if he had his own children.
I belive that Remington made alot of the jc Higgins guns, but I would have to see it to be sure
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