Poat 4: Archetypes in Metamorphoses

Metamorphoses is full of mythology stories that explain how or why something is. Some stories are over dramatic and exaggerated, while others not so much. Of the stories, the story of Jupiter and Io caught my attention. Jupiter, sounding like an arrogant man who believes he can get any girl, saw Io and yelled for her saying "Virgin, worthy of Jupiter herself, who will make some unknown man happy when you share his bed . . . Do not fly from me!" At this point Io had already started fleeing. He began to chase after her, caught her, and then raped her. Jupiter got what he wanted from Io. It is unfortunate that this story is still relatable to today's world given that rapes occur often times when a man forcefully places himself upon a woman. Furthermore, Jupiter's arrogance reached a whole new level when his wife, Juno, came down from the heavens and confronted Jupiter who had turned Io into a heifer. Jupiter lied to Juno telling her Io, who was now a heifer, was just a gift. He failed to mention how he forced himself upon Io and raped her. Again, it is unfortunate that even today man will lie and cheat to his wife. In conclusion this story symbolizes the corrupted sense of nature that humans had and still had. Humans then believed they were entitled to what the wanted despite the circumstances, as do some humans do today.