Pygmalion by Tony Kline (2000)
CHARACTERS
Pygmalion, The statue and Venus
PLOT
Pygmalion, a sculptor, has seen the evil and wicked ways of his village's ladies and vows to remain single. Because he is such a wonderful sculptor he created a sculpture of a beautiful woman. Who, at times, one would think was actually a real woman. At the Venus festival, Pygmalion prayed to the gods for a wife like the sculpture he created. The gods, hearing him, granted his wish and upon his arrival home he finds his statue transformed into a real woman. He lives out his life with the statue-turned-girl and ends up marrying her.
TECHNIQUES
The author used many high detail images. Especially, when portraying the displays of affection between Pygmalion and his sculpture. The author also uses specific types of imagery for different things. They use more masculine and rough descriptors when talking about the bull at the Venus festival. On the other hand, when talking about the sculpture, the author uses more feminine and dainty imagery to describe her. I like how this helped bring across the duality of ideas throughout the story.
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