Shaw indicates to the reader that it is Eliza who is a respectable character, despite her low-class status and poverty. Explain
how Shaw uses the perspective of the female characters, Eliza and Mrs. Pearce, to provide a critique of Henry Higgins and his dehumanizing treatment. Using at least two pieces of evidence from the passage, state Shaw’s critique of Higgins and how it is revealed through the reactions and comments of the female characters.
There were four social classes in Elizabethan England. Nobility were the highest social class below the Queen in Elizabethan England. Nobles were the lords and ladies. They were rich and powerful and were the smallest of all the social classes. There were only about 50 noble families during the reign of Elizabeth the First. To become a noble, a person had to be granted the title by the king or queen. The title of nobility was also passed through family blood lines. Once a person was a noble, they had to commit a serious crime in order to be stripped of the title. (1)
