Eliza Doolittle
The famous Irish poet Oscar Wilde once wrote, "The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last." A firm believer in this quote is George Bernard Shaw, who in his play Pygmalion ends the novel as a cliffhanger, leaving it open to interpretation. At the end of the play's fifth act, the reader is left pondering what exactly becomes of one of the main characters, Eliza Doolittle, now that she has reformed her speaking ways. One of the main themes supported throughout the novel is how a person's personality and how they act towards others is far more important to other people than external factors, such as looks or money. This theme suggests that after the end of the novel a reasonable assumption would be that Eliza marries Freddy. Shaw's writing style as well as the themes he conveys throughout the novel lead the reader to believe that after the play ends, Eliza marries Freddy.
Throughout the novel, Eliza Doolittle goes through several changes that eventually lead the reader to believe......
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