Shaw's imaginative and lovely recreation of the Greek legend of Pygmalion and Galatea is both witty and brilliant. I love the way he modernized the legend in a well rounded and understandable way. Of course Higgins character is based off of Pygmalion in the Greek legend in which he spends strenuous hours perfecting his art work until it is what he deems perfect but unintentionally falls in love with his work. Higgins is a proud man that does not want to show his romantic, "mushy" side. Eliza is our Galatea, starting off as a cockney flower girl and being sharpened into a well-mannered upper-class young lady. Just like Galatea, Eliza was polished until what was created was Higgins' masterpiece. I loved Eliza's character. She was quirky and expressed her true feelings she did not let society influence who she was even after she became a proper lady. She always held her head high no matter what tattered or perfectly tailored gown she wore. The last thing I would like to make note of is that I personally felt that the focal point of the play was on Eliza; so why name the play Pygmalion? This is only a thought I felt I should throw in.