choose Higgins over Freddy.) Eliza cannot marry Higgins although they are both charming, bright, strong characters who engage our affection and we'd like to see the two personalities joined in connubial bliss. Higgins is a confirmed bachelor who can only love his mother (but both find living life under the same roof intolerable). Higgins wants his independence and his work. Eliza wants her independence and affection. A compromise would be unlikely between the two characters.
             Pygmalion repeats patterns and techniques that Shaw used consistently in his earlier plays. He enjoyed using irony, especially i
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