The Makeover is the modern tale of the play Pygmalion. They both focus on a women and a man trying to better themselves so that they can be better people. Although the stories practically mirror each other they also are very different. For instant the genders are reversed in The Makeover.
In the book Pygmalion the characters known as Higgins, and Colonel were both men, while in the movie The Makeover they were played by women. Eliza who was is a women in the play Pygmalion is portrayed as a man named Elliot in The Makeover.
In both the movie and the book a bet was made between Higgins and Colonel that in a certain amount of time Higgins could teach Eliza / Elliot Doolittle to speak proper English and pass off as something they were not. While Eliza knew about the bet Elliot did not. In both Pygmalion and The Makeover Henry Higgins and Hannah Higgins are both self absorbed people. They both say rude things without thinking about how it will affect others and they both act as if they are
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After Eliza passes off as a women of high class it seems that Higgins falls more in love with Eliza. Eliza wonders what will happen to her since she has won the bet for Higgins. Higgins says some harsh things to Eliza which causes her to run away with a boy by the name of Freddy a young man that was introduced in the beginning of the play. At the end of Pygmalion Eliza and Freddy were engaged.
It can be said the in The Makeover and Pygmalion the “sculptors” fell in love with their creation. It can also be said that in both stories education was the way to changing both Eliza and Elliot’s lives. Pygmalion and the Makeover had had many obvious differences such as the reversed gender role, and who Elliot and Eliza Doolittle fell in love with. They also have many similarities such as Eliza and Elliot both wanting to come out of the
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...good man, which she ruined by running away with Sanford. Eliza made her own choices and caused her own demise.
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...for her. This is also comical as Shaw uses words like ' good girl' which suggests that Higgins is talking to a small child. This could mean that Higgins feels slightly sympathetic towards Eliza as treating her like a child might suggest that he is more concerned. The comedy in this is that Higgins is treating Eliza like a small child and he is unaware of doing so.
Eliza does not want to continue being part of the high society and has to stay under Higgins watch but wants to return to where she came from (Berst 100).
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