The ten tales which are included in this one work is discussed. How it relates to contemporary society is the focus of this paper.This six page paper has one source listed in the bibliography.
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Ovids Metamorphoses reflect the inherent struggles faced by beings both in the mortal world as well as in the afterlife. Human nature is bound by defense mechanisms as a
means by which to hide from the truth of reality; addressing this notion, one may conclude that the price of advancing civilization is counted in the cost of guilts responsibility
in loss of happiness. The wonder is that people can find any happiness at all, that man can envision it in anyone else or that he can believe it
even exists at all - which comes to be a significantly relevant postulation of how each of Zeuss bastards affected each of the tales that without which there would be
no tragedies. Of all the mythical tales found in Ovids Metamorphoses, it can easily be argued that Myrrhas transformation after her incestuous relationship
with her father. Clearly, Ovid tread upon untested literary territory when he presented such a tale of unbridled -- if not immoral -- lust between a father and a
daughter; it is with great curiosity and even greater astonishment that one can even conceptualize such a story from centuries ago. The focal point of this particular myth revolves
around Myrrhas sexual obsession with her father, a situation that was no less unacceptable in Ovids day than it is in contemporary society. What becomes of this incestuous relationship
is behind Ovids very message: when one delves into territory that is considered to be taboo, one will have no other choice but to reap the consequences of such actions.
Yet if the pleasure of my song be such, That you will hear, and credit me too much, Attentive listen to the last event, And, with