Question

from pygmalion by george bernard shaw
higgins: waking up
what do you mean?
liza: i sold flowers, i didnt sell myself. now youve made a lady of me im not fit to sell anything else. i wish youd left me where you found me.
higgins: slinging the core of the apple decisively into the grate tosh, eliza.
dont you insult human relations by dragging all this cant about buying
and selling into it. you neednt marry the fellow if you dont like him.
liza: what else am i to do?
higgins: oh, lots of things. what about your old idea of a florists shop?
pickering could set you up in one: hes lots of money. chuckling hell
have to pay for all those togs you have been wearing. and that,
with the hire of the jewelry, will make a big hole in two hundred pounds.
why, six months ago you would have thought it the millennium to have
a flower shop of your own. come! youll be all right. i must clear off to
bed: im devilish sleepy. by the way, i came down for something. i
forgot what it was.
liza: your slippers.
higgins: oh yes, of course. you shied them at me. he picks them up, and is
going out when she rises and speaks to him
liza: before you go, sir-
higgins: dropping the slippers in his surprise at her calling him sir eh?
liza: do my clothes belong to me or to colonel pickering?
what is the best way to describe the theme of \pygmalion\?
a. having ones own business can be profitable.
b. old habits can be very difficult to overcome.
c. positive transformation leads to new challenges.
d. expensive tastes lead to financial disaster.

Explanation:

In "Pygmalion", Eliza is transformed from a flower - girl into a lady. However, this positive transformation brings new challenges for her, such as not knowing what to do next and identity - related issues. Option A is not related to the main theme. Option B is not the central theme. Option D is also not the main focus. The text shows that the change Eliza has undergone leads to new problems for her.

Answer:

C. Positive transformation leads to new challenges