Galatea

parental figures and no one to teach her. Eliza’s empowerment comes from the ignorance of the higher classes about the lower classes intelligence. Bernard Shaw bases his play Pygmalion on the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. In the original Pygmalion myth, a sculptor creates a sculpture named Galatea, the two fall in love. In the first four acts, we see Shaw follow this structure. A girl transforms from a flower girl to a lady and we get shown a male lead who seems to fit the part of Pygmalion. The audience

A Feminist Reading of Galatea 2.2 There is one common thread linking all novels written by males; their female characters are always depicted as the stereotypical female: weak, indecisive and emotionally unstable. The feminist approach to analyzing literature provides an explanation for this phenomenon. In this patriarchal society, women are viewed as the weaker sex, inferior. This can be the result of socialization or some negative interactions with women in the past. Richard Powers employs this

Eliza and her ability to overcome obstacles and achieve something that just months prior seemed insurmountable, despite a lack of true education, she can pass herself off as a woman of truly high stature. Higgins’ affection for his creation, his Galatea, if there really is much, most

This play is one which has been adapted many times since its first performance in Vienna in 1913. From a musical version, to countless interpretations of the plot in movies and television shows, the story is one which is almost universally recognizable, if not necessarily in its original context. The aim of this production will be to stay true to the original play, while transferring it into a modern setting. This will highlight the many ways in which it is still thoroughly relevant to modern audiences

After reading Ovid’s original myth “Pygmalion and Galatea”, Shaw was disappointed with it and decided to take pen to paper and create his own version of the story, thus Shaw’s Pygmalion was created. The story follows the quest of a young girl, Eliza Doolittle, to transform into a lady because of a bet made by Henry Higgins, a gentleman who is knowledgeable in phonetics. Eliza is successfully able to shape herself into a lady however, the book does not end with happy union of Higgins and Eliza rather

In the short story “Galatea,” Margaret Mary Bell meets William Bell when she’s at a playground with her sister. Margaret and William end up getting together and getting married pretty quickly. Suddenly one by one Margaret’s belongings disappear and she doesn’t understand why William is doing this. William ends up leaving Margaret and leaves her with nothing and no reasons why he took the stuff or himself away from her. She ends up finding out that William is the Collegetown Creeper. Margaret definitely

In today’s world we are set to view that the opposite gender is becoming more of an equality view. We see that in today's society we are presented with the idea that women can do anything men can do. Yet in the myth of “Pygmalion & Galatea” and the film “My Fair Lady” we are set forth to see the different views on the opposite gender and how gender criticism comes to life. Developing feelings is based on how we see the person, throughout we see both characters develop relationships based on how

all the post-impressionist symbolist artists. His visionary works concern the world of dreams, nature, and fantasy. One piece in particular, Le Cyclope (1914), or The Cyclops, explores the relationship between mythological characters Polyphemus and Galatea with an original emotional tone, in whimsically bright colors. Odilon Redon first became famous for the charcoal monochromatic compositions that he called his noirs series. His lithographs, which often reworked earlier drawings, became a means to

Polyphemus believes that he is in love with Galatea, yet does not think of her feelings, but rather assumes that he could make her much happier than Acis ever could. What Polyphemus fails to realize is that she really and truly loves Acis, not Polyphemus. When Polyphemus sees Galatea with Acis, he becomes angry. Galatea flees to the sea, and Acis is crushed with a huge rock. Again, the result is unfortunate; Acis is killed and

Throughout Ovid’s Metamorphoses physical transformations are inextricably tied to mental or emotional changes. In “Io” the god Jove turns his love interest, the nymph Io, into a “sleek white heifer” so he can hide her from Juno, his jealous wife. Io is innocent and wishes that none of this happened; she runs from Jove when she catches his eye. She was content with her simple life as a nymph. Io’s physical metamorphosis removes her ability to speak. When she tries to speak, “a moo [comes] from her