How does Shaw appropriate aspects of earlier texts? Cinderella, Pygmalion, Frankenstein?

The myth of "Pygmalion" and several other texts, including "Cinderella" and "Frankenstein" have been appropriated into different contexts in many forms of media including theatrical productions and films. Appropriations, such as the play, "Pygmalion", by George Bernard Shaw, Cinderella and Frankenstein has taken the context from the myths and transformed into the reflection of the society in the time of which they were composed. Pygmalion was, in Greek legend, the King of Cyprus who fell …

…rejects her creator (Higgins) because of his patriarchal domination, through this rejection is his own making as he empowered her with knowledge. Frankenstein can be directly compared to Pygmalion, once again through Shaw's concept of a 'perfect being'. Higgins creates Eliza, and becomes obsessed, however, though Eliza has been changed and molded to fit a society's stereotype (of upper class), she still retains her character and individuality, which in turn leads her to reject Higgins.