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First introduced as the flower-girl in Act One, and called variously Liza, Eliza, and Miss Doolittle, Eliza is the subject of Higgins and Pickering's experiment and bet. While not formally well-educated, she is quick-witted and is a strong character, generally unafraid to stand up for herself.
- Mrs. Pearce
First introduced as the flower-girl in Act One, and called...
- Alfred Doolittle
Eliza doesn't trust her father, and he doesn't seem to show...
- Colonel Pickering
At the end of the play, he apologizes to Eliza for treating...
- Henry Higgins
As he tells Eliza in Act Five, he treats everyone the same...
- Ezra D. Wannafeller
The wealthy American who leaves money to Mr. Doolittle in...
- Freddy Eynsford Hill
Clara's brother, who becomes fond of Eliza in Act Three. In...
- Mrs. Higgins
She tries to tell her son not to treat Eliza like an object...
- Clara Eynsford Hill
From a rather wealthy family, Clara is fed up with all of...
- Mrs. Pearce
In both Acts IV and V, Eliza is seen as a completely transformed person, outwardly. She is poised, dignified, in control of her once spitfire temper, and she has rejected all of the old common vulgarity of her past life.
As Galatea’s counterpart from Ovid’s Pygmalion myth, Eliza is instrumental in propelling the plot of the play; indeed, it is her inevitable transformation into an independent woman and initial desire for change that convinces Higgins to take her on as a challenge.
When Eliza comes down, she looks self-possessed and very much at home. She uses the genteel accents that Higgins has taught her. Higgins is furious and claims that he has made her what she is.
Eliza says that she would like Higgins to call her Miss Doolittle, and Higgins curses. Eliza's comment asserts that there is no inherent difference between the wealthy and the poor—the only difference is in whether other people grant them the respect they deserve.
Most people like to believe that Eliza's talk about Freddy and leaving for good is only womanly pride speaking, but that she will ultimately return to Higgins. The first screenplay of the movie, written without Shaw's approval, has Eliza buy Higgins a necktie.
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Pygmalion Summary and Analysis of Act IV. At midnight on Wimpole Street, Eliza enters looking pale and tired, almost tragic. Pickering and Higgins ignore Eliza, talking about where Higgins's slippers are and whether there is any mail. They have been to a garden party, a dinner party, and the opera, and Eliza was extremely successful, fooling ...
