Pygmalion is divided into five acts, each act with one major event. In the first act, we are introduced to Eliza (the flower girl who does not speak proper English), Freddy (who barely notices Eliza until she is all cleaned up), and Higgins and Pickering (who introduce themselves as scholars of dialect). In the second act, Eliza agrees to be taught to speak, act, and dress properly (like an upper-class woman). In Act III, Eliza’s skills are put to the test at Mrs. Higgins’ apartment. In the fourth act, Higgins, Pickering, and Eliza attend the ambassador’s party and Eliza is able to fool everyone into thinking she is an upper-class woman. And finally, in Act V, Higgins has won the bet and decided that he does not need Eliza anymore who is furious that she was treated so terribly and that her future was not considered.
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Plot
The plot of a novel encompasses all the events that make up the story and serve as the foundation of the story on which the characters and setting are built. There are five elements that make up the plot including introduction (where the characters and setting are developed), rising action (events leading up to the crisis), the climax, the denouement, and the resolution.