How does Shaw use dramatic effect to emphasize the change in Eliza?
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... s for comparasson through their appearance, with Eliza. Compared to Mrs. Eynsford Hills and her daughter, Eliza has a scruffy and dirty look. However she is as clean and as tidy as she can afford to be. Shaw has also taken Eliza's costume into consideration as many people make their first judgments on a person based on what they choose to wear or in this case what they can afford to wear. He states in the stage directions that ' She wears a little sailor hat of black straw that has long been exposed to the dust and soot of London and has seldom, if ever been brushed. Her hair needs washing rather badly; its mousy colour can hardly be natural. She wears a shoddy black coat that reaches nearly to her knees and is shaped to her waist. She has a brown skirt with a coarse apron. Her boots are much the worse for wear.' 'She needs the services of a dentist!'
Eliza makes on final attempt to sell colonel Pickering a flower. After a brief argument Higgins throws a handful of coins into her basket. She picks up the coins with loud exclamations of delight. ...
