Pygmalion Archetype

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An Archetype is a typical character, or action and situation that seem to represent universal patterns of human nature. For example a hero such as superman, he is a character who mainly shows goodness and struggles against evil in order to restore justice to society. Also, the joker is an archetype of a villain whose function is to go maintain evil and do harm to their enemy. The myth of Pygmalion is one of the most powerful and motivated ancient Greek myths, and became the main theme for theatrical plays, movies and artistic paintings. The myth talks about how Pygmalion became disgusted by some local prostitutes, and lost interest in women. He dedicated himself and his art work and soon created a statue. The statue was named Galatea, beautiful