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Pygmalion vs Pretty Woman
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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”. ... Pygmalion lived in a society which idealized perfection, beauty and chastity in women. ...
In the play, “Pygmalion”, written by Bernard Shaw, there are many values and ideas which are not presented in the original myth. ... In the film “Pretty Woman”, Edward treats Vivian as an equal. ...
In “Pretty woman”, in the scene that introduces Vivian, the camera shows a close up of the lower half of her body. ... This is very different to “Pretty woman” because, contrasting Eliza, Vivian is a prostitute. ... In “Pretty woman”, when Vivian first meets Edward, she requests for money every time Edward asks for a favour. ... This greatly diverge the perception that is asserted in “Pretty Woman. ... For example, in the final scene of “Pretty woman”, there is a voice-over of a person saying “welcome to Hollywood, where all your dreams come true. ...
The film “Pretty Woman” and the play “Pygmalion” have no doubt reflected the society of the time it was composed in its own solitary way.
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Title: Pygmalion vs Pretty Woman
Words: 1354
Rating: None
Pages: 5.4
submitted by: fallenraine
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