Higgins the Creator
In the book Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, Henry Higgins was a teacher of phonetics. ... Through Eliza’s transformation, she gains respect for herself which Higgins finds intriguing and satisfying, nevertheless still remembering that she is nothing more than a mediocre being. Throughout the story, Henry Higgins remains nothing more than a mere creator to Eliza. From the beginning, Higgins intentions are no more than to win the rags-to-riches bet with Colonel Pickering. ... ) This confident statement shows that Higgins has no emotional attachments with Eliza at the time. ... ) Higgins knew what his talents could produce and he took a shot at trying to create a woman “strewn with bodies of men shooting themselves” over her (304; Act II.