Question

Read the excerpt from Pygmalion and Galatea by Josephine Preston Peabody.

Day after day the ivory maiden looked down at him silently, and he looked back at her until he felt that he loved her more than anything else in the world. He thought of her no longer as a statue, but as the dear companion of his life; and the whim grew upon him like an enchantment. He named her Galatea, and arrayed her like a princess; he hung jewels about her neck, and made all his home beautiful and fit for such a presence.

Read the excerpt from Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.

The flower girl enters in state. She has a hat with three ostrich feathers, orange, sky-blue, and red. She has a nearly clean apron, and the shoddy coat has been tidied a little. The pathos of this deplorable figure, with its innocent vanity and consequential air, touches Pickering, who has already straightened himself in the presence of Mrs. Pearce. But as to Higgins, the only distinction he makes between men and women is that when he is neither bullying nor exclaiming to the heavens against some featherweight cross, he coaxes women as a child coaxes its nurse when it wants to get anything out of her.

Based on these excerpts, which statement best describes how Galatea has been adapted in the character of the flower girl, Eliza?

A. Eliza is not as perfect as Galatea is.

B. Eliza is treated like royalty, just as Galatea is.

C. Eliza can enchant her suitors as Galatea has.

D. Eliza lacks the personality that Galatea has.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The excerpts show a difference between Pygmalion and Higgins in that Pygmalion loves Galatea very much, while Higgins lacks this feeling of love for his creation.

Who is Pygmalion?

Pygmalion is a Greek mythological figure who was a sculptor. He fell in love with one of his own sculptures, a female figure he had named Galatea. Pygmalion prayed to Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, and she answered his prayers by bringing the statue to life. After that, Pygmalion and Galatea were married and had a son. The story of Pygmalion is the basis for George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, which was later adapted into the musical My Fair Lady.