PYGMALION
Different class of society
The different type of English used definitely shows different class of people, the wealthy people and those poor ones. Those who speak Cockney accent are the people of low class category and those who speak the Queen’s English come from high class category.
Transforming with a purpose
Eliza has offered herself to improve her speaking, thus being the victim of betting between Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering. Their intention later realized by Eliza and she is furious thinking that her value is not more than those slippers.
Identity
Eliza’s intention of changing herself from uneducated flower girl to a very impressive high class social girl has shown that she need not have to be born in high class society but through changing her way of speaking. She thinks that in the future, she can be employed in a flower shop instead of selling flowers on the street. Eliza tends to change her identity once she meets Higgins.
Beauty
No one notices Eliza when she is selling flower but when the same person is dressed like a duchess, everybody seems interested in her and Freddy is totally captivated by her appearance.
Submitted to:
Airil Haimi Mohd Adnan
TSL 570 Course Tutor, UiTM Perak