| Again, I think what Alfie Doolittle says indicates quite clearly that he hit her with a strap in the past as a form of discipline, presumably during her childhood. I'm not sure why some people are so resistant to this interpretation when it seems so clear, but I guess it's because they don't like to think of Eliza's father doing that to her, because they like to think of him as a more benign, roguishly lovable character. |
