EXPOSITION: Pygmalion is a young sculptor who has decided not to marry because he despises

women. Despite his disdain, he continued to construct a sculpture of a woman, which he refined every
day. The young sculptor, ironically, falls in love with his work.

SETTING: The story is set in ancient Cyprus, a Turkish island in the south.

PYGMALION: Pygmalion is a young sculptor from Cyprus who despises women but is smitten by his
physical appearance a woman's statue.

GALATEA: Galatea is a Pygmalion-sculpted woman who, with the help of Venus, the goddess of love,
magically transforms into a real-life woman.

VENUS: Venus is the goddess of love, and she is the one who fulfilled Pygmalion's wish to transform
his sculptor of a woman into a real woman.

RISING ACTION: The story's main plot point occurred when Pygmalion, a man who despises women,
fell in love with a statue of a lady he created and wished for the statue to become a real woman.

CLIMAX: Venus, the goddess of love, is drawn to this man because he is unlike any other male she has
encountered.

FALLING ACTION: The falling motion occurred when the young sculptor begged Venus, the goddess
of love, to find a lady who looked like the sculpture he had created, but Venus instead granted his
wish by transforming the statue into a real woman.

RESOLUTION: The resolution came when the young sculptor and Galatea married with Venus in
attendance and named their kid "Paphos" after Venus's favorite city.
THEME: The story sends a strong message that women must be ideal in every way in order for men
to want them, but that this should not be the goal of falling in love; rather, it should come from the
heart and not from what you are seeing.

QUESTION #1: I believe that if Pygmalion married young, he would still be unhappy in his
marriage due to his sexist worldview, but he would still make the statue; the only difference is that
the statue will never have its own life, and Pygmalion's hatred of women will endure.

QUESTION #2: We know Pygmalion detested and disliked women because of their flaws, but that
does not mean he despised the idea of having a woman alongside him; rather, he despised the fact
that all of the women he had encountered did not live up to his expectations of women, yet he yearned
for one. That's why I believe he made one.

QUESTION #3: It reveals how high ancient Greek culture's ideals of beauty are. To attract a man, you
must learn their standards for women. We all have our own opinions about what is beautiful in our
eyes, but I believe it should not be so high that women are forced just because they do not meet
society's beauty standards.