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Two Character Traits Of Henry Higgins
George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion‘s main character, Henry Higgins is a person of his own class. The two traits that really make him who he is are his rudeness towards every social class, and his hypocritical beliefs of everyone. These traits have made him a confirmed bachelor, as well as making his social habits very unique.
"And I treat a duchess as if she was a flower girl" basically sums up Higgins' treatment of people. His rudeness has estranged him from other society, but it has enabled him to work with beautiful women and never once be distracted by their beauty, and thinks of them only as objects that he makes perfect. Because of Higgins' unique rude nature, he is not seen as the gentleman that he claims to be, and believes that all people are but scum under his feet, and there to serve and please him. At times Professor Higgins just gets caught up in his work, and begins to lose his manners and posture, making him become one of the......

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