This blog is about Pygmalion and two themes about it, which I relate too on a personal level. The two themes I will be talking about are how people are not always what they seem, and Higgins philosophy, or what he things about love.
First, people are not always who they seem. Liza was dirt poor, sold flowers to get by, and was in the lower class. As was her father. They both become middle class buy having money, taking a class, or by having manners. Liza can always go back to the way she was, even though she thinks she could not. Higgins teaches manners and the ways of a middle or high class male or female and teaches manners, yet he has no manners himself. he has money, yes, which makes him middle class, but he teaches people manners when he has none himself. To me, people are not always what they seem, but you also cant change a person and expect them to stay that way.
Another theme I connected to was Higgins view on love. He does not believe that there is "love", he believes there is an attraction towards someone but does not believe that love actually exists. I think that Higgins was just afraid to fall in love with anyone because he thinks he is better then everyone and does not need anyone. He prefers to be by himself, which is fine, but that does not mean that love does not exist.
Well, thats a short blog about what I think about the themes in Pygmalion. Well, at least the two I connect on on a personal level. I hope you enjoyed it.
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