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Platy Pygmalion Eliza Doolittle

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In the platy Pygmalion Eliza Doolittle was just a poor flower girl who couldn’t speak proper English. One rainy day a young boy by the name of Freddy ran into Eliza, trampling her flowers. Eliza then goes into a fit of rage for the money she will lose over the flowers. That was the moment she was discovered by Henry, a scientist of phonetics and Pickering a linguist of Indian dialect. They men were intrigued by the way she spoke and Henry began to make fun and said that he could teach her proper English. Eliza then went to Henry’s home and took him up on his proposition. Henry and Pickering went on a six month journey to train Eliza to speak so proper that she could pass her off as a duchess at an ambassador’s garden party. Once the six months …show more content…

One day while working a candidate’s event he started up a conversation with Hannah Higgins, who was running for Congress. Hannah began to mock his speech and tell him how she could fix it; Colline Pickering, Hannah’s campaign manager apologized to the young man and they go on their way. Eliet comes by Hannah and Collines building and asks them to help him talk proper so he can get a higher up position at his work. At first Hannah says no, but then she begins to think of how she lost her election and there is going to be a reelection. She knows that she stands no chance in the reelection, because she is not well liked, but she notices how Eliet can talk to anyone and make them smile. She gets the idea to clean him up and have him run for the Congressional seat. Hannah isn’t up front with Eliet about putting him in the election; once he figures out what she is up to he is raged. He then thinks it over and runs for the office winning the election. Hannah and Eliet then fall in …show more content…

The movie maker did however throw the spectators for a twist with the switch of the genders of the characters. One of the main characters of the play Pygmalion Eliza Doolittle was an innocent little flower girl, but in the Movie this role was played by a boy by the name of Eliet Doolittle. Eliet also had a different job than Eliza, he was a beer distributer. Some of the other main characters include Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering which were played as men in the play but were played by women in the movie by the names of Hannah Higgins and Colline

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