Western Literature Week 8

My Fair Lady

Fair

• Beautiful, attractive.
• In accordance with the rules or standards, legitimate.

Pygmalion

Pygmalion is a legendary figure of Cyprus. Though Pygmalion is the Greek version of the Phoenician royal name Pumayyaton, he is most familiar from Ovid's narrative poem Metamorphoses, in which Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with a statue he had carved.

The Pygmalion effect: Pygmalion effect or Rosenthal effect, is the phenomenon whereby higher expectations lead to an increase in performance.

Duty: Responsibility/Obligation

Duty free