Ovid

metamorphosis, where the initial transformation seems to lack reason and resolve, contrasts that of Ovid’s use of rationalisation for his transformations. Ovid provides a clear narrative structure of cause and effect to the metamorphosis’ that take place. Through first establishing a religious historical influence followed by the mythologies, Ovid sets out the framework of the epic with thematic consistencies of transformations such as the female victim of unreciprocated male desire. Ovid’s…

Ovid begins his book Metamorphoses with the creation of earth. The world began with a single element called Chaos, it was found throughout the land until the gods created light and order. With the new earth came the creation of plants, animals, and the human race. However, the gods soon realized the ruin that came with each human. The gods summoned the great flood, which was a fresh start for the earth and its inhabitants. The gods spared all the animals and two humans to repopulate the earth.…

the author Ovid’s rationalization of love seems to be a man’s attempt to overcome the love of a puella, which is not the case for the poems by the authors Catullus,, Propertius, and Tibullus. These three poets differ in their description of love, as Ovid would describe their love as weak and poor. The feelings the men are having for the women…

and people, during the Romanian times, are seen magically shape-shifting/transforming into nature-like objects. The million dollar question here is whether it is possible to fall in love with an object. When it comes to the case Apollo and Daphne, Ovid makes Apollo's love for Daphne unwavering. Not only does Apollo yearn for Daphne, but he uses rape and charm to recklessly pursues her which ultimately lead to the point of Daphne's extinction/transition. In Book…

Within Ovid’s Metamorphoses there are many transformations that are effective, and many that are not. Within this analytical piece, I am going to explore and analyse different transformations and describe what makes them effective. Ovid begins his account by addressing the gods and asking them to inspire him. He then goes on to describe the creation of the earth, and how the planet came to be. The God Nature separated the elements that were in a “great mass”, and began to mould the earth into a…

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…

leads him to believe that she is dead, although she is not. He then raises his sword and stabs himself so that way he will not have to live without his beloved. “ It was I who killed you, he said ... He drew his sword and plunged it into his side.” ( Ovid 489) Both couples ultimately killed themselves but the men in retrospect did it differently under different…

suitors of high status. There’s even a poem Ovid writes about an exchange Elena and Corinna have about how Corinna should act around certain suitors according to Elena. Ovid, jealous of such a conversation, describes his disdain of Elena by saying; “she’s a witch, mutters magical cantrips, can make rivers run uphill, knows the best aphrodisiacs, when to use herbal brews…it wouldn’t surprise me if the old bitch grew feathers at nightfall”(poem 8, book 1). Ovid was never happy about Corinna paying…

throughout history. Cannibalism, even in ancient societies, is met with varying degrees of intolerance, with its only mediatized occurrences of acceptance deriving from Bible. In “Metamorphoses”, Ovid gives readers multiple examples of the barbarity ascribed to cannibalism. Beginning in Book One, Ovid presents readers with the character of Lycaon, the king of Arcadia. In order to determine the divinity of his guest, Jupiter, Lycaon attempts to serve him the roasted and poached flesh of an…

plot, but yet they are so different. All of them show that nothing good can come for a fued or segregation.Two stories that grabbed the attention of everybody worldwide are Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, and “Pyramus and Thisbe” by Ovid. While Romeo and Juliet and “Pyramus and Thisbe” both provide a similar background and are alike in many ways, they also have very different meanings behind them. Both Romeo and Juliet and “Pyramus and Thisbe” include a love that cannot be and…