When comparing the play Pygmalion and the Hallmark movie The Makeover, there are numerous similarities and differences that are revealed between the characters and general story line. Pygmalion takes place in London, England around the beginning of the 20th century where The Makeover is placed in Boston, Massachusetts during modern times. Both story lines follow the general theme of the Hallmark movie’s title, a makeover. However, this makeover doesn’t occur under the same circumstances.
Pygmalion’s main character, Eliza Doolittle, first appears on the streets selling cheap flowers to passersby’s. Eliza quickly becomes acquainted by another man on the streets, Henry Higgins, who starts rambling on about how important education and proper English is for society. Eliza dreams of opening a flower shop where she can enjoy herself and make some money. The only problem though is that she doesn’t have enough money to open a flower shop nor does she speak properly enough for people to understand her. At last, Henry states that he could turn Eliza into a totally different person, …show more content…
In Pygmalion, Eliza begins to worry about what’s next. She fears she will be thrown out, lose her possessions, and be forced to go back to her old way of living. She decides to ask Henry Higgins “Where should I go?” and “What should I do?”. During The Makeover, Elliot overhears Hannah talking to Colleen Pickering. He learns that Hannah isn’t concerned about him anymore and is planning to just walk away from him and the election entirely. Elliot ends up moping around after the election to the point where Hannah asks, “What’s wrong?”. He then reveals that he overheard Hannah and Colleen talking about him. At this point in both Eliza and Elliot say, “I’ll go and leave you with your belongings for your next experiment. That’s all I was, an experiment.” Then Elliot and Eliza both left. Elliot went to his house and Eliza headed to her