Bernard Shaw expresses many themes throughout the unlikely plot of his play, Pygmalion. These themes uphold the idea of equal opportunities of wealth and education to all, despite class and gender. The social barriers and class divisions are shown through the characters in Pygmalion. Exposing the difference between a flower girl and a lady and a dustman and a gentleman, Shaw conveys the transformation between the realities in which two of characters encounter. The themes of social class, language and education, and appearance verses reality are few among the many themes mentioned in Pygmalion.

Clara Eynsford-Hill's yearning for keeping up with contemporary trends and Alfred Doolittle's life revolving around middle class morality, show how the theme of social class is viewed in British society. "People will think we never go anywhere or see anybody if you are so old-fashioned... I...