Pygmalion. The identity of Eliza how does it change and is it for the better?

Pygmalion was written by Bernard Shaw in 1914. The play tells the fib of a man c on the wholeed Henry Higgins a professor of phonetics who makes a act as with a friend Colonel Pickering that he cigaret successfully pass of a low-common cockney flower miss, Eliza Doolittle as a sophisticated dame by teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and an improvement in etiquette. Eliza Doolittle by chance meets Higgins and grabs the opportunity to better herself. Eliza wants to improve herself so she can be a flower-seller in a shop instead of on the streets.Eliza manages this after a lot of firm work and she spays in a number of agencys. The changes Eliza makes include learning to speak correctly by Higgins tuition, she learns close personal hygiene, she learns manners from Mrs Higgins she learns how to dress tight-lacedly by Mr Higgins, her cartel and egotism increases with Mr Higgins behaviour towards her. The ending of the play is ambiguous because although Eliza h as changed her individuation, she is so unrecognizable to the otherwise street flower sellers that she no prolonged fits into her over-the-hill class and clubhouse any more she is no longer sure of who she actually is.The first snip we meet Eliza is when she is trying to sell flowers to people who are running for hold dear from the rain into the porch of St. Pauls church. It becomes apparent that liza is a low-common flower girl with her bathroom pitch. in that respect is a note taker who is taking down what the flower girl is saying, which then leads her to think he is a police officer. At this meter the flower girl is the only person who doesnt expect a name. The moment of this is that, its as if she doesnt give an identity, however she does have some sort of identity with her personality. Thank you kindly, lady. Im a good girl, I am. This establish shows how she is has a general sense of manners, she treats people well and with consideration, which as the play con tinues is something that Higgins doesnt have.Higgins was treating her like she was nothing and he and her father look on her as commodity as Doolittle offers Higgins to pay for her. A change that liza visits is her hygiene, in order for liza to be treated like a lady and receive her lessons she must(prenominal) wash and dress properly. It soon becomes apparent that liza is apprehensive or so having a bath, one thing liza rarely does. You expect me to initiate into that and wet myself all over Not me I should catch my decease. This render clearly shows Lizas working class stigma a dishonor to others around her after finding out shes never had a proper wash before. Lizas appearance also causes a controversy in the way she wears rags all the time, as appearance is an important factor when a change of identity occurs. This is a very positive change in Liza because now she has changed to be a hygienic person and looks like a lady. Throughout, the play when Liza is growing and lea rning every day, she gets respected more from other people. (Very courteous) wont you sit down? This suggests the great respect Pickering pays Liza from the beginning. As a result of Lizas improved treatment from others, it make her self assess increase, she gets more confident. The audience will notice Pickering acting like a true gentleman. Liza needinesss respect during her change in identity, so this is a positive change. After a period of time, Higgins decides to test Liza to see if she has learnt anything of what he has taught her. He takes Liza to his mothers at-home day. However, after a plot Liza suddenly starts to relapse plunk for into her old gutter speech and mind. They done the old woman in Gin was mothers milk to her. This indicate suggests that Liza hasnt actually changed at all. The language she used reminds us of her old cockney flower girl image and that she still reflects on her now.There is still more work that Liza needs to do in order to be a lady, this reflects spoiltly on her after her challenging work to achieve where she was. Throughout the play, it has been seen that the way Liza is treated by Higgins is rather unpleasant, he puts her under a lot of pressure. He treats her with slight and with a certain dislike. Put her in the dustbin this evidence shows how Higgins doesnt have any respect for the girl, this treatment continues throughout the play. The language used would work the load that he doesnt like her cares what happens to Liza, it looks like they have a bad relationship, but hes teaching her to stem up to him which could be the greatest of all her identity changes, so this is a positive change to her because he is forcing her to stand up to him but it could also be a unhappy encounter because of the lack of respect at the time.Liza only originally intend to have the lessons to make her speech better, so she could achieve her dreams of becoming a flower-seller in a shop however more fundamental changes have inte rpreted place. she must be a princess at least this evidence shows that she has achieve her original goals, but she has also gained some which include confidence from her newfangled voice and appearance her appearance has changed quite a lot, her office changes, her manners and respect change and also her hygiene on the way. So this is a very positive change however, Liza may liveliness as if she has become two separated from her original plans.After Lizas hard work and determination she feels she cannot go back to the gutter. I have bury my own language, and I can speak nothing but yours this evidence suggests how she has lost her old living behind and doesnt want to be straggle of her old life again. Liza has grown as an independent lady and doesnt want her past to reflect her new life- but this doesnt fit into her new life because she has become so far away, she doesnt admit who she really is anymore. This creates an effect on the audience because she is showing she has c hanged and is not the same person, she used to be.Liza has shown an external change rather than on the inside because she still reverts back to her gutter speech at certain times. Overall, Liza has changed. She has changed in many an(prenominal) different ways which include her new identity which has come along with her improved hygiene, self-esteem/confidence, etiquette, views, goals/ambitions and her relationships such as one which formed with Freddy. Liza has found her self-importance and independence which she can now leave Higgins, without his need all the time, as she leaves with Freddy, which doesnt entirely make her happy.Liza would have care to stay with Higgins but he didnt want her. She cant return to her previous life because Higgins has left her unfit for it, example is Lizas father Doolittle, who hates being rich. If anything Lizas transformation has taken away her identity because she no longer knows who she is she isnt Doolittles daughter anymore, no longer a stree t flower seller and no longer Higgins experiment. She doesnt know what her future holds and doesnt know what she is going to do.