Question

In the play Pygmalion, what insight is offered by changing the character of Galatea from a statue to a working-class woman?

Answer 1

Working-class people are often objectified just as artworks are.

Answer 2

Galatea story show how Higgins thinks about Eliza as a thing, so she could be a statue and would represent the same to him, this behavior can be notice during the play on his rude treatment to her. In the analogy used Eliza’s transformation became complete not she turned into human but when she is able to stands up to Higgins.