Answer:
Money is the only advantage in life.
Explanation:
The theme is a moral lesson or message that a narrative conveys about a topic, and that is not usually explicitly stated, thus, it has to be thought through. In this case, one of the topics that this excerpt deals with is "money", and one of the themes may be "Money is the only advantage in life," as Mrs. Higgins (the speaker), being outraged, points out how little opportunities or advantages have the woman only because of her condition of being poor.
Answer:
Manners are the key to success.
Explanation:
Pygmalion is the play written by George Bernard Shaw first staged in 1913.
Name of the play is derived form the ancient Greek mythology of "Pygmalion", in which Pygmalion fells in love with his own creation.
The given quote is found in Act 3 of the play. The statement was made by Mrs. Higgins while conversing with her son, Henry Higgins. Henry Higgins takes a flower girl named "Eliza" and teachers her the manners of high class society woman. In Act 3, Mrs Higgins appears at Henry's house and he tells her that how he is teaching her the manners and habits so that he can present his experiment to the society, that just with changing speaking habits, one can perfectly fit into higher class society. At this, Mrs Higgins rebuke Henry, because Eliza is a flower girl, after learning the manners and habits she won't be able to go back to her selling flowers. And she do not have any one to take care of her finances.
In the whole play we come across the theme of social class and manners, Shaw is trying to show through his play.
According to the statement provided we can say that it is manners that is a key to success. So, the correct option is C.
