How can I analyze Pygmalion through the critical lens of feminism?

When you
consider the retelling of themyth from Ovids epic poem Metamorphoses, the
first aspect of feminism one should note is one of the ownership and objectification of women.
In Ovids tale, Pygmalion sculpts his ideal woman from ivory, and Aphrodite brings her alive in
answer to his prayer. Afterwards they marry and have children. In this, he is not only her
husband and owner, but her creator as well. While Ovid does not explore the rights of women in
this period, this has not stopped other authors from exploring this theme.

wrote a play titled Pygmalion (published in 1912) that brought this idea
of creating the perfect woman to another level. Professor Henry Higgins takes a lower-class
working woman, Eliza Doolittle, from the streets and turns her into an upper-class lady. In
this, he attempts to sculpt her into his ideal image of a woman by teaching her how to
dress,...