Another film that allows people to experience myth is "My Fair Lady." This film was produced in 1964, and without realizing it, uses a story from Ovid's "Metamorphoses." Pygmalion, the sculptor from the story, sculpts what he perceives as the perfect woman out of ivory and then proceeds to fall into love with his creation. Pygmalion then prays to the goddess of love, Aphrodite, and later discovers that his statue has come to life. From George Bernard Shaw's interpretation of the myth we see a phonetics professor who chooses to use his vast knowledge of language and speech to turn a woman who is a flower seller into a well-spoken lady. The main character discovers that while he can mold the way his lady speaks, he can’t control how she acts.

The movie Troy also has allowed individuals to experience well-known myths. The movie Troy, which is based on Homer 's "Iliad" tells the story of the Trojan War. The film incorporates all of the major characters from the literature such as Achilles, Hector, Odysseus, and Agamemnon. In the movie the literature and film maintain the same story line being that Paris, the son of King Priam of Troy, steals Helen from her husband Menelaus. Which, as we know, is the cause of the war. The main difference between the film and literature is that the film omits the importance of the Greek gods. The Greek gods served a huge part in the Iliad.

Especially when we learn of how Paris was enticed by the gods to steal Helen away from Menelaus. The film it can be interpreted that it is the wills and emotions of mortal men that affect the course of the story as opposed to the will of the gods.

Another great film that has transformed how myths are interpreted is the film Thor. The film follows the Norse god, Thor. The film incorporates Norse and Viking-era mythology. The film shows us some of the major characters of Norse mythology; such as Loki, Thor, and Freyja. The film does a great job of depicting the character of Loki, who is quite mischievous, but fails at showing how Loki was actually Thor 's nemesis. Thor is known in the literatures to be stubborn and to have a fiery temper. Thor in the films is also stubborn, but we also see more compassion than any other traits. In the films Thor saves the day in Asgard and modern world, where in the literature it is not depicted in that manner.

In conclusion we can see just how film has become the primary source of experience for myths. I, for example, had never read the Norse stories of Thor or Loki until this class. Upon reading the assigned literature it can be interpreted that the primary way myths are interpreted or experienced is from films. Without these films some us would have been left without any understanding of historical myths.

Bibliography

• Maurer, Margaret. "14 Ways the Movies Have Reimagined Old Myths." Screen Rant, Screen Rant,  13  May 2016,  screenrant.com/new-movies-reimagine-old-myths.
• Haynes, Clarence. "Modern Myths in Movies and What's Missing." The Huffington Post, TheHuffingtonPost.com,   7 Dec. 2017, www.huffingtonpost.com/clarence-haynes/modern­ myths-in-movies-an_b_3895816.html.