For some people, love may be something good, but for others, it can be an emotion that causes fear. In Ovid’s Metamorphoses “Daphne and Phoebus,” The Elder’s “Apollo and Daphne,” and Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, you are able to find Differences across themes, like reversed roles, characters, dialogues, and images. Also, there are similarities across themes, topics, and tone. In all, both the painter and writers want to let the audience know that love can cause fear.
To begin with, love can cause fear. The similarities across the theme would be topic and tone. In Ovid’s Metamorphoses “Daphne and Phoebus,” The Elder’s “Apollo and Daphne,” and Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, you are able to compare the tone of the main characters. In Ovid’s story, Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the elders painting, you sense both Demetrius and Daphne’s fear. In both Ovid’s Metamorphoses and The Elder’s “Apollo and Daphne” Daphne makes it clear she wants nothing to do with Phoebus or Apollo, but he seems to not understand that the more he tries to get her to love him, the more her fear rises and her instinct to flee. The same goes for Demetrius. To continue, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Demetrius does not appear to be that afraid of Helena, he is afraid that she will keep him away from his one true love which causes him to want to get away. ‘Help me, father! If your streams have divine powers change me, destroy this beauty that pleases too well!”(Ovid’s 6)”I’ll run from thee and hide me in the brakes”(midsummer 235). This helps support how Apollo, Phoebus, and Helena’s love caused daphne’s and Demetrius true tone which is fear. Moreover, love is a topic compared between Ovid’s Metamorphoses ” The Elder’s “Apollo and Daphne,” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Additionally, love is shown by Apollo, Phoebus, and Helena. Each person tries to show how much they care about Daphne, and Demetrius, but are pushed to the point that their love
For some people, love may be something good, but for others, it can be an emotion that causes fear. In Ovid’s Metamorphoses “Daphne and Phoebus,” The Elder’s “Apollo and Daphne,” and Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, you are able to find Differences across themes, like reversed roles, characters, dialogues, and images. Also, there are similarities across themes, topics, and tone. In all, both the painter and writers want to let the audience know that love can cause fear.
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To begin with, love can cause fear. The similarities across the theme would be topic and tone. In Ovid’s Metamorphoses “Daphne and Phoebus,” The Elder’s “Apollo and Daphne,” and Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, you are able to compare the tone of the main characters. In Ovid’s story, Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the elders painting, you sense both Demetrius and Daphne’s fear. In both Ovid’s Metamorphoses and The Elder’s “Apollo and Daphne” Daphne makes it clear she wants nothing to do with Phoebus or Apollo, but he seems to not understand that the more he tries to get her to love him, the more her fear rises and her instinct to flee. The same goes for Demetrius. To continue, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Demetrius does not appear to be that afraid of Helena, he is afraid that she will keep him away from his one true love which causes him to want to get away. ‘Help me, father! If your streams have divine powers change me, destroy this beauty that pleases too well!”(Ovid’s 6)”I’ll run from thee and hide me in the brakes”(midsummer 235). This helps support how Apollo, Phoebus, and Helena’s love caused daphne’s and Demetrius true tone which is fear. Moreover, love is a topic compared between Ovid’s Metamorphoses ” The Elder’s “Apollo and Daphne,” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Additionally, love is shown by Apollo, Phoebus, and Helena. Each person tries to show how much they care about Daphne, and Demetrius, but are pushed to the point that their love has gone too far. In the elders painting, you see how Apollo is trying to reach out to Daphne, even as she is turning into a tree. To continue, in Ovid’s story Phoebus is too driven by his love for Daphne that he does not even care if she is a tree or not. Along with, Helena is also blinded by her love for Demetrius that she does not care if she is in the forest where animals may kill her.”Even like this Phoebus loved her and, placing his hand against the trunk, he felt her heart still quivering under the new bark”(ovids 7). “The wildest hath not such a heart as you. Run when you will. The story shall be changed: Apollo flies and Daphne holds the chase. (midsummer 240) In other words, Helena, Apollo, and Phoebus were too focused on their love, to even realize that it has driven both Daphne and Demetrius away.
Next, the differences across themes would be reversed roles, characters, dialogues, and images. In The Elder’s “Apollo and Daphne”, you notice that instead of seeing four characters you see three. This is different because, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses “Daphne and Phoebus”, Cupid is mentioned, but is not seen in neither The Elder’s “Apollo and Daphne” nor Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.”Venus’s son replied ‘You may hit every other thing Phoebus, but my bow will strike you: to the degree that all living creatures are less than gods, by that degree is your glory less than mine.”(ovids 2)To continue, when cupid is not seen in the painting, it causes suspicion, because in Ovid’ s story he is someone who shot arrows out of anger and pettiness, but now in the elder’s painting, it is as if he was not there. In addition, you are also able to know who caused daphne’s fear and Phoebus’s love, which never seems to end. Furthermore, in Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” you are able to notice the reversed roles. To continue, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses “Daphne and Phoebus”, Daphne is the one who is running away in fear, While in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, it is a man named Demetrius, who is running away with fear.” Thou told’st me they were stolen unto this wood, And here am I, and wood within this wood Because I cannot meet my Hermia. Hence, get thee gone, and follow me no more.”(midsummer 200)This helps understand that instead of a woman running away it is now a man, which shows, the reversed roles. In addition, the dialogues are different because in The Elder’s “Apollo and Daphne” words are not exchanged but when you read Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the dialogue between Demetrius and Helena are long and focused. Meanwhile, in “Ovid’s Metamorphoses” Daphne and Phoebus do not exchange enough words to make a dialogue, but mostly details. To continue if you look at all three only The Elder’s painting is an image while the others are not. In all, these are the Differences across themes.
In conclusion, people do not realize the amount of fear they cause just with their love. Hence, Love can cause fear. In all, the painting, poem, and story, all have their differences and similarities across, themes.
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