Thursday, December 31, 2009

In the first scene, a cross section of English society is represented.What classes are represented by Liza, Pickering,Higgins and the Eynsford Hills?

Eliza
Doolittle represents the working class. Most people in the working class at that time were poor,
and Eliza is no exception. Although she works hard everyday selling flowers, she lives in a cold
room she rents, has never used a modern bathroom, and ekes out a very small living.


Pickering and Higgins are of the middle class. What that means, translated into modern
terms, is that they are wealthy people. They are well-educated, have plenty of moneysome of it
no doubt inherited and are able to do...

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