Changes In Henry Higgins's Personality

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In the last few acts, Henry Higgins’s personality has changed in an exceptional way in the last few acts. All this changes are related to his experiment.

This changes appear in some of the things he says; like when he was explaining the bet to his mother in the quote “Yes, by George: it’s the most absorbing experiment I have ever tackled, She regularly fills our lives up; doesn’t she Pick?” (SHAW,60) In this quote a change in his personality can be seen. He no longer sees Eliza as a waste of space, as he inquired in previous acts. This shows that he is starting to like having her around, which contradicts everything he said about women being annoying and a burden. Just by having one woman around, he starts liking them. This is probably related

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