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Pygmalion. Merritt, Chris, and Brooking. Character descriptions. Eliza Higgins Pickering Doolittle. Former flower girl, transformed into a lady, wants to own her own flower shop Phonetics expert, thinks he can transform Eliza into a well-mannered lady
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Pygmalion Merritt, Chris, and Brooking
Character descriptions • Eliza • Higgins • Pickering • Doolittle • Former flower girl, transformed into a lady, wants to own her own flower shop • Phonetics expert, thinks he can transform Eliza into a well-mannered lady • Higgins’s good friend, bets Higgins that he cannot succeed in changing Eliza, used to live in India • Eliza’s father, was a chimney sweep, shoved into middle class and gave speeches
Mrs. Higgins Mrs. Pearce Freddy Clara Worried what will become of Eliza Higgin’s assistant, helps Eliza grow accustomed to new lifestyle Eliza’s love interest Freddy’s naïve younger sister More Characters
QUESTION • What was Mrs. Higgins’ concern for Eliza after Higgins was finished giving her lessons?
ANSWER • That she would end up back on the streets
QUESTION • What did Higgins do to impress the crowd on the street?
ANSWER • He told where people were from based on the way they talked
QUESTION • What is the name of the woman who works for Higgins?
ANSWER • Mrs. Pearce
QUESTION • Who did Eliza marry?
ANSWER • Freddy
QUESTION • What two subjects was Eliza instructed to talk about while at a social gathering?
ANSWER • The weather and health
QUESTION • What wound up happening to Mr. Doolittle at the end of the story?
ANSWER • He became somewhat famous and moved up to middle class
QUESTION • What did Mrs. Pearce get Eliza to do that she had never done when she arrived at Higgins’s home?
ANSWER • Take a real bath
QUESTION • What did people at the ball mistake Eliza for?
ANSWER • A Hungarian princess
QUESTION • What did Eliza throw at Higgins?
ANSWER • His slippers
QUESTION • Who did Pickering go to England to find?
ANSWER • Higgins
Basic Plot • Higgins and Pickering find Eliza on the street. They undertake the task of transforming Eliza from a meager flower girl to civilized woman. Eliza’s feelings are hurt when she realizes she is just an experiment. She feels used when Higgins is ready to be done with her after they’ve spent so much time together. Eliza marries Freddy.