Henry Higgins

Character sketch Of Henry Higgins 

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Beware of false knowledge

                    It is more dangerous than ignorance.     

  

- George Barnard Shaw                         

  

              George Barnard Shaw was born on 26 July 1856 at Dublin , Ireland . He was an Irish comic Dramatist , Literary critic and Sociologist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925 . He died at the age of 94 in England . 

                   His Notable Works : 

        1) Arms and the man

               2)  Saint Joan 

                       3) Pygmalion

                       His Achievements : 

           1) Oscar Award - 1938 

                 2) Academy Award - 1939

                       3) Nobel Prize - 1925 

                 About the play " Pygmalion " 

              " I sold flowers I didn't sell myself . Now you have made a lady of me I am not fit to sell anything else " 

              Pygmalion was written by George Barnard Shaw . It was a Greek mythology . It was divided into 5 acts . " Pygmalion A Romance in 5 acts " .In Ancient Greek mythology , Pygmalion the king of Cyprus , also a sculptor, fell in love with the Ivory statue of a beautiful woman that he created . Eliza falls to convince people into believing that she is now Duchess by changing her appearance . 

In the play Pygmalion there are some major and some minor characters .. Major characters like ... .Mr.Higgins...Eliza Doolittle etc some are minor characters like Pickering , Freddy , Clara etc …

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Mr.Higgins ….

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Mr.Higgins is the protagonist as well as professor of phonetics . He was the rude and arrogant character in the play . Let's discuss it in detail 

 Mr.Henry Higgins as a protagonist ..

Professor Higgins is the professor of phonetics .He was brilliant , educated and a talented intellectual .He has great achievements in his field Higgins is socially incompetent . He was bad at social work .He was bad in everyone, especially Eliza . He is like a bully .Mr.Higgins is bachelor .He was a woman hater who treated women as trash. 

" He treats Eliza as an inhuman object without feeling " 

Higgins as a professor of phonetics .

Mr. Higgins is a professor of phonetics . So , He spent all his time teaching and learning . He learnt how to speak as a Duchess .While he sees Eliza Doolittle ,He makes her laugh . He studies different dialects .He is an expert in studying dialects .He was an intelligent man . 

 Higgins as a rude & Arrogant ..

Professor Henry Higgins was rude and arrogant . He was rude towards Eliza .In the beginning of the play , We find the conversation between Higgins and Eliza . 

While Henry met a flower girl, he behaved very rudely with her . 

Eliza : I will pay you for the tuition . 

Henry : I don't want to teach you . 

This shows his rude and arrogant nature . 

Careless without feelings ….

Mr. Higgins is careless about others feelings .He was a professor of phonetics .so, he spent all his time teaching and learning . Eliza shows her affection towards him but in reality , Higgins wants to succeed to win the bat only . So , He was careless about others' feelings . 

His behaviour towards Eliza …

His behaviour towards Eliza was very rude .He didn't have any feelings for her .He just wanted to do the experiment on her. In the beginning of the play he was not behaving well with her but later at the end of the play he realised his mistake . 

In the beginning , He treats her as inhuman . This shows his behaviour towards Eliza . 

Pro .Higgins succeeded in transforming Eliza ...

Henry Higgins succeeded in his bat with Pickering He was doing very much effort to treat her well . He gives her well clothes. He taught her how to speak in parties .He took her to standard parties . Now , She was able to communicate with others . She treats like a Duchess .She also handles many customers of Higgins . This shows that Higgins won the bat 

To Sum Up ....

Thus, Henry Higgins is the protagonist character in the play Pygmalion . He was rude and arrogant character . Shaw described the different aspects of Higgins characters .