Theme of Revenge in Ovids Metamorphoses Essay -- Ovid Metamorphoses E

Theme of Revenge in Metamorphoses Revenge is a recurring theme in the book Metamorphoses. It is usually the cause of any(prenominal) geological fault the stories be explaining. The gods are always avenging themselves and changing mortals into animals or plants so that they can prove their own superiority. The first instance of a revenge transformation is when Jove turns Lycaon into a wolf. Lycaon met Jove in a mortal form but didnt believe that he was actually a god. Lycaon tried to kill Jove while he was sleeping. later on that he boiled human flesh and tried to feed it to Jove. This is the reason for Joves revenge and Lycaons transformation. Io was a young girl who Jove raped, and Juno had suspected this. Jove turned Io into a dismay in the hope that Juno would not find out about the rape. Despite this transformation, Juno still thought that the cow was a girl. She asked Jove if she could have the cow, and he agreed, believing it would silence Junos suspicion s. Juno gave Io to Argus, to watch, because she was still skeptical of the cows aline identity. Because Argus protected Io, Jove could not get back to her. He sent Mercury to kill Argus. The murder of Argus convinced Juno that the cow was really Io. The jealous Juno drove Io mad. Io, in return, prayed to Jove to be turned back into a nymph. Finally Juno was satisfied with torturing Io and allowed the nymph to assume her true form. Another example of revenge is when Mercury stole Apollos cattle. The only person who saw the crime was a man named Battus. Mercury bribed the man with one of the cow so that he would not reveal what he knew. Mercury then tested Battus word by changing his form and voice, and then going ba... ...evenge involving Hercules was when Juno bribed the goddess of vaginal birth to prevent Alcmena from delivering her baby, Hercules. Juno was jealous because Jove was the babys father, and she wanted to make it as difficult as possible for Alcmena. Th e birth goddess crossed her legs, preventing the delivery of the child. Alcmenas servant, Galanthis, tricked the birth goddess into standing and Alcmena delivered the child safely. As punishment for the servants deception, the birth goddess turned Galanthis into a weasel. There are many examples of transformation and revenge in Ovids book Metamorphoses. Revenge brings about transformation, whether the people are turned into animals, plants, monsters, constellations, or fish. All of the instances of revenge in Metamorphoses are important, and they play an important role in telling the story.