Higgins And Stigmalion: The Difference Between Higgins And Pygmalion

The final point is that Higgins and Pygmalion fell in love with their creations, and wanted to be with them. The only difference that can be seen between Higgins and Pygmalion was that Higgins’ love towards Eliza was more developed, and progressed more as they got to know each other, whereas Pygmalion instantly fell in love with his statue, married Galatea after she went from a statue to a woman. Both male protagonists did take something and turned it into something beautiful. Pygmalion took a simple ivory stone and crafted it into a beautiful statue of a woman, whose beauty he became obsessed with. Once he finishes making the statue he automatically is astonished by her beauty, and the fine detail on the statue, and automatically falls in …show more content…
He still objectified and loved her as an object, and mainly his creation, but after she became real, he loved her as the person she now was. He married Galatea, and they even made a child, whom they cherished. His love for her was always true even it changed from an objectified love into real love, he still loved her regardless. Higgins on the other hand did not fall in love so easily with Eliza, and was originally disgusted by her dialect, and her poorness; however, even though he is disgusted by her filth he still accepts the challenge of taking her in and teaching her to properly speak English. He objectifies her, and treats her like his personal linguistic experiment, to do tests and language exercises on her as he pleases. Towards the beginning, he still does not start to develop feelings for her that quickly, and feels she is annoying, but puts up with it in order to fulfill his own selfish deeds, and experiments. After Eliza starts to speak better English, and act properly, Higgins notices something special in …show more content…
In addition, she not only hid the fact that she was a poor flower girl who couldn’t properly speak English, but she even tricked them into believing that she was an aristocrat from Hungary. Higgins was very proud of himself, and patted himself on the back, and the first thing he says to Eliza after the ball isn’t a congratulation, but a question of whether or not she could hand him his slippers. She desires to be acknowledged for her hard work, and asks what will become of her when she leaves, and after her fight with him she leaves. In the time that she leaves, Higgins feels lonely without her, and when he wants to find out what were his appointments, and things of that matter, he doesn’t know because Eliza would be the one who would take care of those things for him. After he finds her, they have another discussion, and Eliza stands up for herself as an independent woman, and Higgins is amazed and finally acknowledges her strength as a