• How does the film "Pretty woman", appropriate the Pygmalion myth to reflect the context of the time in which they were composed?

     

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Published: 10.05.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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The myth of Pygmalion has been appropriated into different contexts in many forms of media including theatrical productions and films. Appropriations, such as the film "Pretty Woman", directed by Garry Marshall, and Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion", have taken the context from the myth and transformed it into the reflection of the society in the time of which they were composed. The Pygmalion myth was from a story in Ovid's "Metamorphoses". During the time when the myth was derived, the nature of the persona was strongly influenced by his culture and religion. Pygmalion lived in a society which…

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