Act Two

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Act Two is set the next day at 11 a.m. in Higgins's laboratory in Wimpole Street. The room is filled with phonetic tools and scientific equipment such as a phonograph, laryngoscope, tuning-forks, wax …

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Higgins is introduced as a robust, vital man of forty, dressed in a professional-looking black frock-coat with a white linen collar and black silk tie. He is energetic, scientifically minded, and care…

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The laboratory shows that Higgins treats speech as a scientific subject. The phonograph, laryngoscope, tuning-forks, and wax cylinders suggest careful study, recording, and measurement of sound. His i…

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Bell's visible Speech is a phonetic notation system. It is connected with the scientific study of speech sounds and helps explain the phonetics background in the play.

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Broad Romic is a phonetic script used to represent speech sounds. It supports the play's focus on accurate speech and pronunciation.

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The phonograph is an early sound recording device used by Higgins. It shows that he treats Eliza's speech as something to record, study, and improve scientifically.

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Pickering can distinguish only twenty-four of Higgins's vowel sounds. This highlights the extreme detail of Higgins's phonetic system and Pickering's limited but sincere interest.

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Mrs. Pearce warns Higgins that a very common girl wants to see him. Her careful wording shows both her concern for proper behaviour and the social distance between Eliza and Higgins's world.