How Does Bernard Evslin Use Repetition In Pygmalion

Passion is what drives to care about something or to accomplish great things. In the myth “Pygmalion,” author Bernard Evslin uses literary devices to demonstrate Pygmalion’s unwavering devotion to perfection and beauty. A literary device used in the first segment in which Pygmalion is talking to Aphrodite is repetition due to Pygmalion keeps saying “you.” For example, a couple of quotes in Bernard Evslin’s version of Pygmalion in which it displays the literary device of repetition showing Pygmalion’s obsession with utter perfection and beauty are “You, Aphrodite, queen of beauty, lady of delight… Yours, Aphrodite. Yours Yours. I love you and you alone”(70). This shows why Pygmalion is obsessed with beauty and perfection because the only person he actually loves and has true feelings for, is a god, an immortal near perfect person. In addition, Pygmalion also shows his desire of immaculate, perfect beauty by wanting to create a statue of one of the most beautiful gods in Aphrodite. Thus is the reason repetition primarily because when he keeps restating “you,” he is talking about Aphrodite. To add, another literary device that is present in the story however in which Pygmalion is in the process of making the
To start, his devotion towards the perfect looking god Aphrodite is big enough for him to create one hundred clay figures of her each in a different pose solely because she is flawless. The imagery comes into play because as Pygmalion works his hands around the clay, it is easy to visualize the poses in which Pygmalion is making those clay models in. In addition the fact that Pygmalion is going to use marble, a grand and great material in terms of sculpture his desire to make the statue of the god an artisan work. It is easy to foresee in the mind what the sculptor, Pygmalion will do with his