In the play Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw, a girl named Eliza Doolittle is transformed from a poor dirty girl to a beautiful princess. Although it would not have been possible without the help of Mr. Higgins, her phonetics teacher, she does deserve most of the credit. In saying this, I disagree with Higgins when he made the statement that he deserves all the credit for getting Eliza where she is at the end of the play.
             Just because Higgins helped tremendously with Eliza's transformation from ugly and a nobody to pretty and a princess, does not mean Eliza deserves a little credit. First off, it was her choice to get in that taxi and go to Higgin's house to begin the experiment or not. She ultimately made the decision whether to better her life or continue selling flowers. Also, it was her who went against her instinct on things like taking off her clothes to take a bath and be more lady like, not Higgins. Nobody said she had to go through with this experiment, yet she stuck with it through all the verbal abuse Higgins put her through. She put up with him treating her like she was a maid, asking her to get his slippers and such. Eliza showed great skill in learning from her mistakes also, for example at Mrs. Higgins's at home she behaved like her old self, yet at the ball she was completely transformed.
             Eliza deserves more credit than her teacher Mr. Higgins. She could have just given up at any point because of his verbal abuse towards her but she stayed strong because she wanted to better her life. Although Mr. Higgins does deserve credit for helping her get to where she is, he only helped her. In the end, it was solely up to her how successful she would be.
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