The story of Frankenstien draws a lot of comparission to Galatea a statue from the greek mythology of Metamorphoses X. The myth talks about how aphrodite brought the statue of Galatea to life for Pygmalion. Aftering seening woman prositute themselves he could not fall in love he made this statue admiring its beauty gave up all his time and bought it gifts until Aprhodite out of pity brought it to life. Much like Dr. Frankenstein who gave up all his time to creating the monster, he seeked a companion an did all he could to obtain it.Its very possible Mary Shelley was inspired by this tale as well since it featured an inadmit object becoming lifely and seeking compansionship as the man in the tale who eventually married the once statue and had a child with it. Frankensteins creation also seeked a companion different from the rest, it contrast the tale in that he was rejected when he came to life while the statue was all that Pygmalion ever wanted when he created it.
By Ronald Delio Rodriguez EN102
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