Bottom of Page 78. Speaker: Liza.

"I sold flowers. I didn't sell myself. Now youve made a lady of me I'm not fit to sell anything else. I wish youd left me where you found me."

On a perfunctory glance these lines simply point to the socialist, Marxist and anti-establishment social views held by Shaw. The equation between the materialization of the definition of social class and the selling of the soul is illustrated by the first two sentences. Then when Liza states, "I'm not fit to sell anything else", she emphasizes the elevation of the proletariat over the elite classes. But there are also more subtle references to other large themes within the play. The natural imagery is consistent with Higgins' preference for the natural self, the self that does not change its manners depending on its company, in other words the soul... an interesting paradox in light of the previous analysis of Liza's claim. The theme of location, and its ties to identity, is also highlighted in Liza's line: "I wish youd left me where you found me." Here use of "found" implies the location and is significant as "left me alone" would suffice as well. Location and geography relate to both Higgins' phonetic GPS abilities as well as the concept of rising or climbing in social class, notions that interestingly imply spatial maneuvering in artificial social concepts. Overall these lines represent a key paradox in the play: while we want to believe Liza and Higgins are meant for each other, two sides of the same coin, in fact the messages of the play are polarized depending upon which character the reader believes is "right" because the messages conflict too much for them both to be correct.