From act II to act III, most of Eliza's training is going on behind the scenes and skipped over in order to get to her presentation as a member of high society. I guess it would have mad a hundred-page play much longer and somewhat boring to include this part. the reader understands much of the process, and the jump from one time to the next is probably meant to illustrate a large and sudden shift.
The party that all of this is leading up to is certainly a very odd scene. while Higgins' first student, identified as Whiskers, seems interesting, how he misinterprets Eliza to be of French or Austrian descent is just another example of a motif that I keep seeing: people make assumptions about small details of someone's personality, and these people are usually wrong. Things and people are not always what they seem. Everything seems to be going well at the party, but when Eliza, Higgins and Pickering get home, Eliza flips out, because she has been reduced to being less than human and more of a mission accomplished. And I think her anger is justified.
Another main point of the story seems to have something to do with expectations; part of Eliza's success and quick learning had to do with the expectations others had for her and the focus that she had. These expectations can take a person very far, but not everything about style, grace and personality can be taught. To force these things on a person and expect them to learn to be a more desirable person somewhat reduces them to less than they were in the beginning. Like I said in the beginning, a person cannot be reduced to to the way they speak or where they came from. The more you get to know them, the more one will realize that everyone has their own vision, expectations and dreams.
[act III - end of act V]
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