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Why might Narcissus be so cruel to Echo in the story Echo and Narcissus?
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Echo's chattering allowed Zeus to have a affair behind Hera's back, this caused Hera to curse Echo to repeat only the last words another person had spoken.
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∙ 10y agoNarcissus loved only himself.
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What is the lesson in echo and narcissus?
Narcissus wasted away while admiring his own reflection in a spring. Echo wasted away of her unrequited love for Narcissus. Much like many modern relationships.
Did Zeus punished Narcissus for being cruel to Echo by turning him into a flower?
No, the punishment to Narcissus was delivered by the Greek goddess Nemesis (being in love with his own image, unable to look away and eat/drink) and either slowly pined away or killing himself in despair, his blood became the Narcissus flower.
How does Echo try to communicate her love to Narcissus?
It's not that he was cruel to Echo, he was just so self absorbed that she didn't matter to him. He would have (and did) treat any other woman the same way.
What origin myth is being explained in 'Echo and Narcissus'?
Where echoes come from, and where the flower narcissus does - the flower the Greeks call narcissus is different than the one in the US.
What happened to Echo in the end?
Echo used to distract the Goddess Hera while her husband Zeus cheated on her whit other nymphs. When Hera discovered this, she was furius and punish Echo by taking away her voice, except in foolish repetition of another's shouted words. Echo were therefor only capable of repeating someone else's words. At some point Echo sees a young man in the forest and follows him around. She wants to talk to him but off course can't speak first. Finally the young man (Narcissus) hears her footsteps and asks "who's there?" and Echo repeats "who's there?" - finally Echo shows herself to Narcissus, but the young man turns her down. Heartbroken Echo spends the rest of her life alone in the glens pining away for the love she never knew, crying until all that is left of her is her voice. Thus to this day we can sometimes still hear Echo repeating our voices, or so the tale says.
How are echo and narcissus different?
For one thing Echo was a girl and Narcissus was a boy. Another thing was that Narcissus was very cruel to Echo.
What was narcissus's crime in the story echo ans narcissus?
his crime was he hurt echo
Is the story of Narcissus and Echo a myth?
Yes. The story of Echo and Narcissus is a flower myth from Greek mythology.
Who is the main character in echo and narcissus?
There are actually four main characters in the story of Echo and Narcissus: Zeus, Hera, Echo, Narcissus.
Why might narcissus be so cruel to echo?
Simple, Narcissus was too proud to be good to her, or any woman, he was so lovely, and so arrogant about it, that he refused to be anything less than cruel to anyone who wasn't as beautiful as himself.
Use nymph in a sentence?
in the story "Echo and Narcissus", Echo is a nymph.
How did the conflict in the story echo and narcissus resolved?
In the story of Echo and Narcissus, the conflict is resolved tragically. Narcissus rejects Echo's love, leading her to waste away until only her voice remains. Narcissus, too, ultimately suffers as he falls in love with his own reflection and is unable to leave it, eventually withering away and turning into the narcissus flower.
Why narcissus is so cruel to echo?
It's not that he was cruel to Echo, he was just so self absorbed that she didn't matter to him. He would have (and did) treat any other woman the same way.
What element of nature does the story echo and narcissus explain?
both echoes and the narcissus flower
What was one character trait of echo and one character trait of narcissus?
Echo - Good story-teller. Narcissus - the epitome of vain and narcissistic (which is where the word comes from)
Who wrote the story echo and narcissus?
The story of Echo and Narcissus is a part of Greek mythology and is most famously recounted in Ovid's "Metamorphoses." Ovid was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Emperor Augustus.
Which nymph was spurned by narcissus?
The nymph that was spurned by Narcissus was Echo.
