Pygmalion Essay Research Paper Love is in

Love is in the air outside of Higgins’ house…

Freddie admits his undying devotion to Eliza, by singing “On the Street Where You Live.” outside her doorstep. Freddie, however, is turned away by the maid. Eliza, it seems, is terribly embarrassed by her own performance at the racetrack, and refuses to succumb to Freddie’s affections. Eventually, the old adage, “actions speak louder than words,” comes into play with Eliza singing to Freddie, “Words, Words,…Show Me.”

Meanwhile, Eliza’s opportunistic father has been forced to join the middle class and make an honest woman out of the woman that has been acting as his wife for years, and urges his bar buddies to “Get Me to the Church On Time.”