Act II
Doolittle's signature line: 'I'm one of the undeserving poor: that's what I am... I don't need less than a deserving man: I need more.'
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From Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Eliza's father Alfred Doolittle delivers a brilliant comic speech defending the rights of the 'undeserving poor' and critiquing middle-class morality.
Act V
Doolittle laments his inheritance: 'Middle class morality claims its victim'—he has been ruined by being made respectable.
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