Eliza as a Strong, Assertive Woman in Pygmalion Essay -- George Bernar

 Eliza as a Strong, Assertive Woman in Pygmalion   Bernard Shaws comedy Pygmalion presents the journey of an impoverished flower girl into capital of the United Kingdoms society of the early 20th century.  Professor Higgins proposes a take on to his friend Colonel Pickering that he can take a common drug dealer and transform her into royalty. Eliza Doolittle is the pawn in the wager. But little does Higgins know the careen will go far beyond his expectations Eliza transforms from a defensive unsafe girl to a fully confident,strong, and independent woman. When the audience first meets Eliza Doolittle she is a flower girl peddling at 11 PM in front of St. Pauls Church. The audiences first public opinion is one of sympathy because she is dressed in rags and pedestrians are unkind to her. Higgins calls Eliza you press cabbage leaf, you disgrace to the noble architecture of these columns, you incarnate insult to the English language. (p. 21) The audiences sympathy i s intensified when we see Elizas horrifying lodgings. These lodgings are much contrasted to those of Higgins in Wimploe S...