Narcissus

Love has not a one name. Narcissus’ love, the main character from the Ovid’s myth, cannot be compared with other shades of love. Despite his young age, 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…

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 Narcissus and Echo, Eurydice and Orpheus, and Apollo and Daphne, Ovid sends us the messages, love doesn't come easily and you don’t always get what you want. The myth of Narcissus and Echo tells the tale of a nymph, unable to mold her own words, who is in love with a self-obsessed man. Eurydice and Orpheus is the story of a couple…

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…

Since its publication in 1818, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley has become one of the most memorable science-fiction novels of all time. The classic tells an intriguing narrative involving the artificial creation of human life. For nearly two centuries since the completion of Shelley’s novel, it has been the creature, not Victor, whom scholars have analyzed to a great extent, especially in regards to the validity of his innocence. Frankenstein has been analyzed by numerous authors, but hardly any in…

Reflections of Narcissism If studied carefully, the paintings Metamorphosis of Narcissus (Dali) and Swans Reflecting Elephants (Dali) by Salvador Dali, both made in 1937, revealed reflections or double visions. Perhaps the reflection captures the venturous atmosphere of these different kinds of pieces. Dali specifically presents not so much a reflection of power—but feelings of malfunction. Indeed, failure is partly necessary to produce a refreshing image of which one actually exists; Dali…

exist in order to create deeper meanings within the text. When a reader recognizes and understands a reference, it allows them to appreciate the work on a different level. The Picture of Dorian Gray contains many parallels to the myth of Narcissus. Much like Narcissus, Dorian Gray is blessed with entrancing beauty, develops obsessive love for his own image, and wastes away due to that love. To begin with, both texts describe in detail how beautiful the young men are. Upon meeting him for the…

and Galatea”, “Narcissus” and “Endymion” all suggest that selfish love will end in suffering. Despite the Greek belief that you could have self love, the Greeks also believed that you could love inanimate objects. For example, in one of the love stories, Pygmalion talks about…

lighting while the second was painted with a single natural light. However, they both contain spiritual elements even if the second one is secularized. Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes depicts a scene from the Old Testament and Narcissus depicts a scene from Greek mythology. The Rococo style also goes well with Baroque architecture, despite their contrasting…

himself, which is what ultimately kills him. Narcissus was the son of the river god cephisus and the nymph liriope. He was known for his beauty. There are two versions of the myth. The Greek version says aminias was a young man who fell in love with narcissus who had already spurned his male suitors. Aminias was also spurned, and then narcissus gave him a sword. He ended up killing himself on narcissus’s door step, praying to god to give narcissus a lesson for all the pain he prevailed.…

This is especially true in the story of Echo and Narcissus. Echo caught sight of Narcissus and immediately fell in love with him. The more she followed him, the fire in her heart grew like Sulphur on a torch. One day, Narcissus got lost in the woods but fortunately, Echo was there to rescue him. Unfortunately for Echo, Narcissus was displeased with her to say the least. Narcissus told Echo, “Take off your hands! You shall not fold your arms around me. Better death…