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Pygmalion Archetype

Pygmalion Archetype. Concise definition Transformation story in which an external force seeks to change someone else. Archetypal characters Creative person (creator) Object of creative person’s attention (created) Being who grants creative person’s wish. Aspects to look for/recognize.

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Pygmalion Archetype

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  1. Pygmalion Archetype • Concise definition Transformation story in which an external force seeks to change someone else. • Archetypal characters • Creative person (creator) • Object of creative person’s attention (created) • Being who grants creative person’s wish

  2. Aspects to look for/recognize • 3 archetypal characters • Relationship between creative person & creation • The transformation process

  3. Ovid & Shaw side-by-side Original Pygmalion myth by Ovid (~AD 0) • Creative person: Pygmalion • Object of creative person’s attention:Ivory Woman • Being who grants creative person’s wish:Venus • Transformation: Ivory Woman becomes a real woman 1900’s adaptation by George Bernard Shaw • Creative person: Higgins • Object of creative person’s attention: Liza • Being who grants creative person’s wish:Colonel Pickering • Transformation:Liza going from poor street flower seller to a lady with proper English

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