Transformation of Eliza from a Flower Girl to Duchess

George
Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion is a complex work of art and such a number of themes
and ideas stand out. However, in the play its central theme is the education of
Eliza Doolittle and the progress of her soul from spiritual darkness to light.
Paper discusses how Eliza a poverty-stricken, shabby girl becomes heroine of
the play, which is concerned entirely with her transformation from a flower
girl to a lady.Eliza proves difference with a flower girl is not how she
behaves but how she is treated. She achieves spiritual illumination through
successive stages of despair, self-realization, and the ultimate achievement of
social identity and a sense of belonging. Therefore, her transformation is both
internal and external.In the words of Jane Rolland Martin-“Eliza’s is nothing
less than a whole person transformation.”