Moral of the Story in Metamorphoses1. shit happens
2. things change
The Transformations or The Golden Ass:
-golden meaning bright, not color
-the moral of the story is the story
-the earliest novel
-melodrama: sensation for the sake of sensation
-beasts of burden, both the lowest and the highest
-a book about your eventual transformation
-redeems everything
-fairy tales are degenerate myths
-one of the greatest human needs is laughter
The story of Cupid and Psyche
-the first monster-in-law story
-all marriage is abduction/rape-all weddings are funerals
--pg. 104 "Now he was climbing into bed with her, now he was making her his wife"
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