The Final Confrontation

From Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Eliza confronts Higgins as an equal, declaring her independence and threatening to marry Freddy or teach phonetics herself.
Act V

Eliza: 'The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she's treated.'—the play's thematic key.

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Act V

Eliza threatens: 'I'll go and be a teacher... I'll offer myself as an assistant to Professor Nepean.'

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Act V

Higgins's grudging admiration: 'By George, Eliza, I said I'd make a woman of you; and I have. I like you like this.'

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