Shaw’s Pygmalion, Euripides’ Medea

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A 3 pages research paper/essay that compares these two plays. While the obvious connection between Euripides’ “Medea” and George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion” is that both plays draw on Greek myth for their basic subject matter, these works are also similar in that each playwright exploits the traditions and conventions of their era’s formal dramatic conventions, while introducing the innovative elements for which each one is justly famous. Bibliography lists 3 sources.