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George B. Shawn, in the play Pygmalion makes a connection between the famous theory of S. Freud, Oedipus Complex, and one of the characters in his play, Mr. Higgins. Through out the play, Shaw portraits Higgins as a “confirmed old bachelor” (184) who looks for a woman who resembles his mother. Shaw gives clues during the course of the play as to why Higgins presents himself to be and “most likely to remain a bachelor” (184). His relationship with his mother is very strong. He desires no one than a mother figure to be his wife, “ I can’t be bothered with young women. My idea of a lovable woman is something as like you as possible” (201). Higgins is not a mature man and has not overcome his childhood stage, in which he had an attraction towards his mother, “some habits lie too deep to be changed” (201). Higgins is a boy and the people that know him