Absolutely.
For one thing, Higgins takes on Eliza as a student due to a dare with a friend. Higgins,
without regard for Eliza as a person at all, takes the dare that he can make her speak like
Royalty so well that no one will detect the fraud in very little time.
For
another thing, Eliza and Higgins come from two very different backgrounds and social classes.
Neither truly understands the other, although Eliza is a good student and she learns quite a bit
more than the speaking patterns in her crash course. Regardless, her "new" self
leaves her in limbo--she doesn't fit in her old world, and she doesn't really fit into the new
one either.
Higgins never expects or plans for emotions. He approaches
everything from the perspective of an experiment. It doesn't work that way when people are
involved. His mother points this out, as does Pickering and Eliza
herself.
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