Pygmallion By Alfred Doolittle
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Pygmallion By Alfred Doolittle
In Act 3 we learned a lot more about the character and philosophy of Alfred
Doolittle. He is strangely individualistic personally and very eloquent. He is
representative of the social class of the "undeserving poor", which,
means that he is not entitled to receive financial support from the government,
since he is physically able to work. He lives only for the moment; from day to
day. The money he gets he wastes on intoxicating himself, and he has no
intentions of taking any serious responsibilities, for himself, or for his
daughter. Further on, in Act 5, Mr. Doolittle appears at the house of Professor
Higgins, and angrily accuses Higgins of making him into a middle-class gentleman
against his will. Higgins has said that Alfred Doolittle was the most original
moralist in present day England. He has written a note to Mr. Wannafeller, a
rich American and told him that. Wannafeller died and left Dolittle a share
worth a thousand dollars a year on condition that heıd lecture for his
Wannafeller Moral reform World League ax often as theyıd ask him, possibly up
to 6 times a year. Doolittle doesnıt mind the lectures, but he hates becoming
one of the working class, because now heıs earning a living (middle class
morality). He sees now that he has to taken added responsible onto him. He could
have turned down the offer but was intimidated. As a result he needs Higgins to
teach him to speak proper English. He doesnıt like it at all and blames Higgins
for it. By virtue of his newfound morality, he must marry the woman with whom he
has been living for years. 2.) Eliza angers Higgins by telling Colonel Pickering
that his gentlemanly manners have meant more to her than Higgingsı teaching.
She says that the difference between a lady and a flower girl isnıt the way in
which she behaves but how she is treated. She knows that Pickering will always
treat her as a lady and that she will always be a flower girl to Higgins.
Higgins tries to convince Eliza that she is better off staying with him, instead
Eliza leaves in search of her independence. Pickering and Dootlittle leave for
the church for his marriage and Mrs. Higgins also leaves so Higgins and Eliza
are alone. Higgins wants Eliza to come back because they have grown accustomed
to each other; he is irritated when she says she may marry Freddy. But Eliza
finally wins his respect by declaring her a teacher of phonetics. Higgins is not
pleased that she wants to help Nepommuck. As the play end...
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