ed, although he doesntshow it, and continues to act as if he is not bothered atall by this development. In his mind though, hesremembering how accustomed he has grown to her face, that hewill soon miss. The two say their good-byes, and Higginsreturns home to find himself listening to the firstrecordings of Eliza. Shortly thereafter Eliza returns backto Higgins home and surprises him with the truth of her truefeelings for him. She finally admits to herself that she hasgrown to love both him and his lifestyle, and that Freddy isnot her true love.The story of My Fair Lady is similar to Pygmalionbecause of the similarities between the archetypalcharacters Professor Higgins and Pygmalion. ProfessorHiggins has the intelligence and ability to take a poor anduneducated woman with no manners and sculpt her into anelegant and sophisticated lady who is able to ascend intothe upper echelons of high society from the streets ofEngland seamlessly. At the same time, Professor Higgins hasunknowingly molded Eliza into his ideal woman. On theother hand, although Pygmalion did not actually teach andtransform his statue into his ideal woman, his undying hopefor an ideal intellectual mate to suit the physical beautyhe created brought together divine intervention with divinecreation and formed his ideal woman, in his eyes. Again,this is evidence that anything is possible, if you reallydevote your mind to it. Although Professor Higgins was rudeand snobby, he still held a strong belief in his ideal andit took a lot of devotion to take an unmolded human beingand bring qualities out in her that no one ever thought werethere. This example gives hope to every little girl whoaspires to be something she is not. Although ProfessorHiggins did bring to the surface the elite qualities thatwere necessary to fit into society at this time, it was theuntapped potential in Eliza which made it possible for herto fit in and have confidence to become something that shewasnt pre...
