Eliza Doolittle is presented at the start of the play as a nobody-a poor flower girl, earning a small amount of money on the streets. She is portrayed as being very dirty, with her hair in need of a wash and being dressed in old, dirty clothes. Her boots need repairing and she needs the services of a dentist. At the start of the play, Freddy Hill knocks her flowers on the floor and she …showed first 75 words of 817 total…

…showed last 75 words of 817 total…when she realises that he is not a police officer she attempts to regain her dignity, unsuccessfully. The audience see Eliza as a vulnerable girl who is defenceless on the streets reduced to selling flowers. When she breaks down crying, it makes the audience feel pity for her and then when she goes to Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering in Wimpole Street to pay for speaking lessons, the audience will admire her for her courage.