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Pgymalion, as the Greek myth goes, was a young sculptor of great promise. His statues were very lifelike, especially one depicting a beautiful young woman. Pgymalion called the statue Galetea and fell in love with it. The gods, taking pity on the young man and impressed by the sincerity of his love, made the statue come to life and return Pgymalion's love. The play "Pgymalion" is about a professor who educates a socially-deprived young woman, turning her into a sophisticated debutante, thereby, in his view, turning a "stone" into a "real woman."
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What knowledge do audiences of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion need to have in order to better understand the deeper meaning of the play?
The original Greek myth.
In the Roman myth who is Pygmalion?
a sculptor
Why is the play named with the name Pygmalion?
the play was based off the Greek myth called Pygmalion
Who came up with the original myth of the Pygmalion?
the original play writer of the Pygmalion was Ovid it was originally a poem
What are the similarities and differences between George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and the Greek myth Pygmalion?
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In a classical myth Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with something What was it?
His sculpture of a woman.
What do audiences of lucilio de albuquerques pygmalion and galatea need to have in order to better understand the deeper meaning of the painting?
. Knowledge of the original myth of Pygmalion APEX
What is a myth similar to the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice?
A similar myth is that of Pygmalion and Galatea. In this story, Pygmalion falls in love with a statue he carves and prays to the goddess Aphrodite to bring it to life. She grants his wish, and the statue becomes a real woman named Galatea. Like Orpheus and Eurydice, this myth explores themes of love, loss, and the power of art.
What similarity is shared between the original myth of Pygmalion and its interpretations My Fair Lady the musical and Pygmalion the play?
(apex) the idea of someone trying to create or shape another human being
What myth is the musical My Fair Lady based off of?
That of Pygmalion who fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to life.
How are the original myth of Pygmalion and its interpretations the musical my fair lady and the play Pygmalion similar?
Both focus on one person trying to shape another.
What myth was My Fair Lady based on?
In Greek mythology, Pygmalion, the king of Cyprus, found so much fault in womankind that he resolved to live unmarried. But after painstakingly sculpting a statue of a beautiful woman that he named Galatea, he came to regard his creation as so perfect that he fell in love with her. In 1913, Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw adapted the myth to modern-day England and used his play about a phonetics professor's efforts to refine the speech and manner of a cockney flower girl for life among the gentry as a platform for social critique, demonstrating the artificiality of class distinctions in turn-of-the-century British society. My Fair Lady was based on the myth of Pygmalion. The play 'Pygmalion' by GB Shaw was made into the musical. In the myth Pygmalion was a Greek sculptor who fell in love with a beautiful sculpture he had made. He implored Aphrodite/Venus to make the sculpture alive, which she did.
