Jenelle Fiori; Metamorphosis

This week we finish reading “Metamorphosis” and wrote an essay comparing the three epics. The plot to “Metamorphosis” is very interesting and the pattern of words helps keep a tempo; however, it was more confusing than the other works of literature. I think my problem in understanding the epic poem can be blamed on the multiple gods mentioned in the poem. The most interesting thing that I found, as learned in class, was that certain characters represented historical figures, such as Caser. Writing the essay was also a difficult thing for me to do because I was very confused by the language used for each of the poems and I don’t feel as though we went over it in class as thoroughly as we could have. There were so many scattered similarities and differences that it was hard really focus on just one thing, especially when there are three vast stories. In spite of all the difficulty and confusion, I feel that this was a good essay to start with because it gives a small insight into what Greek literature is like.