Prove that Higgins loves Eliza.

In Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, loves his student, Eliza Doolittle, a poor flower girl. Let us see how this is true.

First, let’s look at the love Higgins feels for Eliza right after he finishes teaching her. Whereas before he has thought of her as a “squashed cabbage leaf” (27), six months of teaching young and beautiful Eliza how to speak and spell proper English have changed the way Higgins sees her and made him love her. Clearly, Higgins is in awe when he exclaims, “What’s that? This!” (60) as soon as the lovely Eliza shows herself dressed in a Japanese kimono instead of her dirty old clothes. As Higgins spends more time with Eliza, he feels more and more drawn to her appearance and personality. As he admits to h...