In the second half of Ovid’s Metamorphoses unit
the legends from ancient Greece continue to spill from the author. These stories are continuously told on the
same voice perspective as if an adult were reading these stories to a small
child. The stories all come from
different pieces of greek mythology so seeing them inter woven together into a
singular unit is really interesting.
The story that struck me as interesting in the
second half of the unit was the section was Pygmalion. This story section was particularly interesting
because last semester in my History of American Musical Theatre class we
learned about how Pygmalion was the source material for the musical My Fair
Lady. Anyone who has ever seen or heard
of My Fair Lady knows that it was a very successful piece of musical theatre
and very valuable to the start of Julie Andrews’ career.
Personally, having seen My Fair Lady several
times and knowing that Pygmalion is the source material reading the story was a
very interesting new perspective. In
some regards I can see how the thematic content ties together and where the
inspiration can be seen weaving in and out of the two stories. However, on the other hand the two are still
very different and individual in their own artistic realms.
After reading the Ovid’s Metamorphoses unit I’m
glad this is the unit I decided to read.
The unit was a very different style of writing from my previous
selection. The change of style and
content makes me feel like the materials in this class offer a broad range of
topics which is a key part of furthering knowledge in my opinion.
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| Original Soundtrack from My Fair Lady Original Artwork from UK Vinyl |
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