Meggie's Last Blog (YAY)

Freddy: [opening the door for her] Are you walking across the Park, Miss Doolittle? If so—
Liza: Walk! Not bloody likely. [Sensation]. I am going in a taxi. [She goes out].

Liza’s line in Act III shows Liza’s obliviousness to her to her own situation, as she speaks without class, yet still expects to take a taxi like a wealthy aristocrat. Despite her embarrassing speech just moments earlier, in which she reveals her father to be a drunkard— a society no-no, since the policy among the well-bred on these matters seemed to be don’t ask, don’t tell—she cannot fathom walking like an “average Joe.” Rather, she seems to believe her fresh, attractive appearance and (unbeknownst to her) incomplete transformation make her too good to appease the charmed Freddy. Ironically, she declines his innocent offer using the word “bloody,” which is frowned upon in the upper echelons of society. Obviously, she is still in awe that a taxi is even an available means of transportation for her, as she declares that she is “going in a taxi” with “sensation.” However, she does not understand that her previous secret-spilling and use of the word “bloody” would be frowned upon at all, showing that she is not truly ready to be of the taxi-class. First, a true society girl would not interrupt someone who was speaking to her. On top of that, her disregard for his kind offer is very rude, for even if she did not want to pursue anything romantic with him, the polite thing to do would be to allow him one walk home. Her words as she departs reveal not only that her transformation is not complete, but also her own obliviousness that it has not been completed. She desperately wants to be the type of woman who can take a taxi wherever she goes, but has not yet learned the societal subtleties that go along with that “privilege.” Liza’s line shows that her polished outward appearance does not reflect the lack of change within her.