Love is defined as a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties; a warm attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion; and a term of endearment. But can one really define love? Is it justifiable to give meaning to a word that has a different connotation for each person? The story of Pygmalion and the poem The Frog Prince show two examples of a different type of love that is hard to define.

In Pygmalion, a young girl is confused about love after she an identity change and subsequent search for independence. Eliza begins as a poor, dirty flower girl who has bad manners and grammar. She befriends two upper-class men, Colonel Pickering and Henry Higgins, who place a bet to see if they can change her and pass her off as a duchess (Shaw 656). She is thus changed from an impoverished girl to a woman with...