Metamorphoses

Females Feeling More Pain As I was reading Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the stories “Narcissus and Echo” and “Pyramus and Thisbe” stood out to me the most. The stories brought me to a time of my life that was very dark. I went to my best friend’s house one day, and told me that she was in love with an ex-boyfriend of mine, who happen to be her neighbor. She was going to ask him out as soon as he comes out of his house. She looked so happy, but I knew this guy and I did not want to see her hurt. Before…

Like today, with the essay on Kafka's "Metamorphoses," I had to come up with four options. The fourth option was for a student with autism: all he needed was to answer five questions I prepared for him. Once he answers these questions, he would be ready for an essay. I think safety, essentially,…

Narcissus love was mature and dedicated, unique in its kind. These interpretation of Ovid's myth was perfectly captured in the picture titled “Echo and Narcissus,” painted by John William Waterhouse. Ovid ,an ancient Roman poet, author of "Metamorphoses,” described a history of Narcissus and his unrequited love. Narcissus, before the skilled hunter, discontinues hunting as soon as he saw the extraordinary beauty of a mysterious man on the surface of the…

bring forth new ideas and thoughts that may have never crossed one’s mind. The continuous barrage of new information must be filtered through so that the reader can know what information is true or made-up. In Stanley Lombardo’s translation of Metamorphoses, a story is being told of mythical origins that are pasted together. In Robin Waterfield’s translation of Symposium, we read about an actual conversation that took place many years ago between a few wise individuals in regards to true belief…

In reading Ovid’s Metamorphoses, I noticed a distinct pattern of consequences directly related to the failure of heeding warnings. In the myth of Phaethon and his father, My Etiological understanding of the events begin with Phaethon asking for an unreasonable request from his father, Phoebus, in wanting to drive the sun chariot. The Sun warns, “you ask too great a favor, and one that is unfitting for your strength and boyish years.”… In this warning, I see a timeless warning that may have…

For example, Mr. Higgins, a man of high social status, demonstrates his influence over Eliza by being her teacher, molding and instructing her on how to speak like a duchess. Higgins himself can be compared to Pygmalion the sculptor in Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”, an active male who carefully constructs his ideal woman, Galatea, and breathes life into it. In Act 2, Mr. Doolittle of the “undeserving poor” (p. 45) advises Higgins that “if [he] want[s] Eliza’s mind improved ... [he should] do it ...…

definition of love is a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person. The definition of passion is a strong sexual or romantic feeling for someone. The obvious difference in love and passion is that love is constant and passion is not. In Metamorphoses, Ovid uses several of his stories to show examples of different types of love and passion. Two stories with examples of both love and passion are the stories of Pyramus and Thisbe and of Byblis and Caunus. On the other hand, an example of…

Metamorphoses appealed to me as I have always been drawn to plays compiled of vignettes as an audience member. The similarly styled production Almost Maine, by John Cariani, is my personal favorite due to its vignette nature. As a director, I saw the potential with the range of characters. Once I put down the play after first reading it, I had a lot of ideas running amuck. To help identify what my vision was in simpler terms and start to filter my ideas, I began by defining a shape, color, and…

The first movement of Benjamin Britten’s Six Metamorphoses After Ovid for solo oboe tells the story of Pan and the metamorphosis of the object of his affections, Syrinx. It is a character piece which Britten beautifully (opinion) portrays its imagery through the music on the page. Pan was the god of the wild and hunting. He is often shown in imagery as a half human, half goat hybrid, known as a satyr. This particular myth tells the story of Pan and his adoration of Syrinx, a very beautiful…

Tao Te Ching once said that there is no greater crime then desire. This is especially true in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Jupiters desire to sleep with Io was the downfall of many because he turned Io into a white heifer. The love Inachus had for his daughter, Io was forever lasting. He even had the desire to end his own life to stop the suffering he was experiencing over his daughters absence but he could not due to his immortality. “Oh that a righteous death would end my grief!—it is a dreadful…