Pygmalion

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Pygmalion Galatea
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Major plot points

• Pygmalion was a great sculptor that hated women.
• Lived in Cyprus.
• Resolved to never marry. Created a statue that he
  considered to be the perfect woman.
• Soon fell in love with the statue.
• Venus brought the statue to life which he named
  Galatea.
• Later had a son they named Phaphos, Venus
  favorite city.

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Major Minor Characters

• Major
• Pygmalion
• Venus
• Galatea
• Minor
• Phaphos

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Thematic elements

• The lesson in this story is that true love always
  prevails.
• You cant escape fate.

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Context of the Story

• The story centers around the feast day of Venus.
• Set in Cyprus.