Metamorphoses

In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the story of Apollo and Daphne exhibits a strong sense of control, power, and dominance. There is a division of power distinguished between Apollo and Cupid, as well as between Apollo and Daphne. This is expressed many times through the alliteration, catalogues, and metaphors used throughout the text, as well as in the symbolism that occurs in this story. ALLITERTION While Apollo is calling out to Daphne, he uses catalogues in an effort to convince her of who he is, and who he is not. He challenges her to “ask [herself] who finds [her] so attractive” and goes on to tell her himself (l. 707). Apollo begins by affirming that he is not a caveman, nor is he a shepherd boy (l. 708). He continues to tell Daphne who he…

Metamorphoses is a narrative poem written by the Roman poet Ovid in the early first century BCE. The book focuses on the creation of the world and is based upon Roman myths and legends. Throughout the poem, many different types of lust are described within the myths. These varieties of lust include the craving for revenge, the longing for possessions, and the sexual desire for a person. The yearning for revenge is one of the driving parts of the book and is found multiple times, including…

The poem Metamorphoses, by Ovid, a roman poet, is set in Ancient Greece, at the beginning of time. It is a poem of several greek myths and ideas compacted into one novelistic book. Ovid’s epic was originally written in Latin and later translated into English. In Metamorphoses, Ovid presents love as a large element, to show readers the many emotions and actions love can stir up. Characters strive for love so much, that their logic becomes hazy, making them do things impulsively. In the myths…

Ovid’s human characters in the Metamorphoses fervently revered their gods. These people held rites of worship and festivals for their divine superiors to prove their piety. To comment on the relationship between the human and the divine, Ovid’s narrator in the Metamorphoses offers a valuable note of caution in response to the tragic episode between the talented mortal Arachne and the goddess Minerva: “do not compete with gods, and do not boast” (183). The gods acknowledge their lofty position…

Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Aesop’s Fables These last two weeks consisted of two significant aspects of Literature and also my favorite so far. Firstly, we were assigned one or two fables to analyze and relate to, I was lucky to be assigned two fables. I had to present the following fables: the ant and the cricket, and the boy who cried “wolf”. These fables were very amusing and short, I never heard of the ant and the cricket, but once I read it I understood and related to the fable. The ant and…

Ovid’s Metamorphoses is a collection of tales that follows the short stories of people that will end up being completely different in the end. In one of the stories we follow Echo and Narcissus. Echo is a nymph who falls in love with Narcissus but, he is not that intrigued. In a tragic end Echo ends up wasting away pining over Narcissus. Unexpectedly, Narcissus stops to drink from a small pond and when he gazes at his own reflection he ends up falling in love with himself. Hopelessly, he is so…

In The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Book three; we are introduced to Narcissus and Echo. In the story, that takes place sometime in ancient Greece, we are shown transformations between both Narcissus and Echo. The Story of Echo and Narcissus suggest that the nature of desire is almost impossible to be fulfilled. No matter how much one may have, there’s always a need for something one cannot get. The book of Echo and Narcissus is about undergoing a transformation. We are introduced to Echo and…

Ever since we were babies, we were told to follow the rules. . But if the rules are corrupt, should we truly do as we are told?. The poem “Metamorphoses” by Ovid, as well as the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut both address this topic Emphasizing the themes of following the rules, pushing the boundaries, and striving to be different are also all addressed. By comparing these two literary works, we are shown how the plot, character traits, and the messages differ between the…

recalls the episode in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, in which Actaeon accidentally stumbles upon the goddess Diana naked in the woods during a hunting trip, and she metamorphoses him into a deer; therefore, his hunting dogs devour him (Ovid 55). “Diana and Actaeon” is a very well known episode from the Metamorphoses; it is where Ovid first delves into a discussion of whether the gods are just in their punishments towards mortals. Perhaps for this reason, “Diana and Actaeon” has inspired numerous visual…

Tragedy doesn’t always have to lack aspects of gore or blood that make peoples’ stomachs turn. In fact, some tragedies may have a lot of horror to them to what may happen to a person; however, when a horrific tragedy occurs to someone close to a person, then that person may be driven to seek a terrible and bitter revenge in honor of the other person. In the years between the late 1580s and early 1590s William Shakespeare wrote his first tragedy, which can now even be a horror story. The story by…