Literary Devices Used:

1. Foreshadowing: When Eliza runs into Freddy at the beginning of the play, and he knocks her over, it foreshadows the fact that Freddy will become a main character.

2. Metaphor: Mr Higgins’ role in turning Eliza into a real woman, is a metaphor for him being a sculptor, like Pygmalion.

3. Protagonist: The true protagonist is Eliza, she is the one that we are (meant) to root for, the person whom we wish success.

4. Antagonist: There are plenty of antagonists, anyone who stands in Eliza’s way. Such as the Prof’s old student, the Prof. (most of the time), and anybody else who might identify ELiza as a fake.

5. Irony: The most ironic element of Pygmalion would be Eliza’s proficiency. after only a few months of training, this “heartless uneducated guttersnipe” is better at phonetics than the well-educated gentleman Prof. Henry Higgins.

6. Poetic justice: In Pygmalion, Prof. Higgins is very harsh on Eliza, and generally thought of as being mean and cruel. Therefore, it is poetic justic in the end when, just as he realizes how special she is, she leaves him.