Narcissus And Echo In The Metamorphoses Of Ovid

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 Narcissus. This tale is about a nymph Echo, who falls in love with a human, Narcissus. Echo’s ability to hold onto conversations was disabled from her because of her previous misdeeds. Therefore she cannot engage in conversations. As her punishment she is only allowed to respond to a person saying the last words she hear. On day at the pond, she comes across Narcissus, who in fact extremely handsome. She can’t resist his beauty, so she throws herself at him. Narcissus, being as handsome as he is his, rejects her, causing Echo to grieve and yearn. Her body eventually disappears and all that is left of her is an echo. Narcissus then faces being in love. He sees a reflection in a pond one day, unaware that the …show more content…
After numerous times of him rejecting others, an admire, after being denied by Narcissus, prays out, “May Narcissus fall in love; but once a prey, may he, too, be denied the prize he craves”. We see this into action when Narcissus sees a refection in the water and immediately gets stricken by his sight. He immediately falls in love with it and is unaware that he is looking at himself. Because he becomes deeply obsessed with his reflection and unaware to possess it he destroys himself and dies. Narcissus desires cannot be fulfilled because he is not able to physically love and have what he wants. He then feel the ways of rejection he made others feel. All that was left was a flower in his