B.Shaw is a real sufficient observer of human nature. Remember the dialog between Eliza and Mr. Higgins in the fifth act: "LIZA. Well, you have both of them on your gramophone and in your book of photographs. When you feel lonely without me, you can turn the machine on. It's got no feelings to hurt. HIGGINS. I can't turn your soul on. Leave me those feelings; and you can take away the voice and the face. They are not you. LIZA. Oh, you are a devil. You can twist the heart in a girl as easy as some could twist her arms to hurt her. Mrs.Pearce warned me. Time and again she has wanted to leave you; and you always got round her at the last minute. And you don't care a bit for her. And you don't care a bit for me." Eliza is full of indignation, she wants Mr.Higgins to understand what is important for her, but she can't say: "I need you to be kind to me!" She uses hints to let him guess. Her phrases ("It's got no feelings to hurt" and "you don't care a bit for me") are full of unspoken protest against Mr.Higgins' indifference. She reproaches him for it, but at the same time she can't notice his reaction, can't understand his real attitude towards her. When Mr.Higgins says: "I can't turn your soul on", Eliza seems to be deaf. She can't even have an idea that Mr.Higgins could ever love her. And he can't say it openly either. They are like two little kids, each of them wanting to start a play but afraid to do it first. This situation creates some misunderstanding between the characters , that is, to my mind, one of the most important conflicts of the story. I think that B.Shaw is a real sufficient observer of human nature, because he could show us emotions and feelings through one's speech, he could make us understand the two characters who have sunk in their misunderstanding.
