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Pygmalion

How does Henry Higgins get 'some of his own back' in Acts IV and V?
When he says,"How the devil do I know what's to become of you?", he caused Eliza to feel unwanted and abandoned. He used his rough tone of voice and unpleasant words to show Eliza that he did not care for her. His exasperated and irritated tone expressed that he wanted to wash his hands off the whole affair. The quotation,"I know you don't care. You don't care if I was dead. I am nothing to you -- not as much as them slippers." has shown that he had given Eliza the impression that he did not care. The next quotation,"Eliza hopeless and crushed", has proven that he had hurt Eliza.
Mr. Higgins had used these words to hurt ...

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She said that she did not want to be accused of stealing.
But Henry Higgins was very sarcastic, making Eliza appear calculating as she wanted to make sure of what she could take along with her. He was just trying to make her feel bad too.
In Act V, Higgins tried to shake Eliza's composure with the phrase "You will jolly well see whether she has an idea that I Haven't put into her mouth." This is an insult to Eliza as Higgins is accusing her of being unintelligent. He also implies that she is incapable of doing anything on her own. He is also reminding her that she has no education; that everything she knows comes from him. He is trying to put her down, saying that everything was his effort and not Eliza's.
In these ways, Higgins managed to get 'some of his own ...

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