Pygmalion Research Paper

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There are two themes in this myth and they’re Obsession and Self Denial. Pygmalion was more obsessed with all the art he did instead of women until one beautiful sculpture of a woman he became obsessed. Pygmalion didn’t like women at all doing art was more important than women. He never thought he would fall in love with a woman and marry one ever. Pygmalion started to work on a statue ; in addition, everyday he would try to make it more flawless. That statue happened to be a woman,and in his eyes the statue was so beautiful that he fell in love with it. He fell so in love with it that he started to buy her a lot of clothes and expensive attire. Moreover, he was obsessed with his statue and he cared for it like if it was a real thing. He

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