I loved the show! Last year in Latin, we read parts of Metamorphoses so it was really interesting to be able to see some of the stories I translated in action. One big idea I saw throughout the entire show is that of you may set out with good intentions, but things do not always end up the way you expect. For example, King Midas is granted a wish by a god. He wishes that everything he touches be turned to gold. Midas wanted to become richer which is why he wanted everything he touched to turn to gold. But he accidentally turned his daughter to gold and realized that though he had good intentions in his wish, it did not turn out well.
One connection to our AP Lit class is the idea of lots of outside forces contributing to our identities (this idea comes from A.O. Scott). In one of the acts, Alcyone, daughter of Poseidon, warns her husband Ceyx not to sail far away because she knows Posedion will send the winds onto his ship. Ceyx, thinking that is ridiculous, reassures his wife that everything will be fine when he is at sea. Poseidon decides to send the winds on Ceyx killing him. This outside factor that Alcyone warned Ceyx about ends up changing the identity and demeanor of Alcyone. She becomes presumably depressed and a widow always hoping her husband will come back. With mercy from the gods, another outside force shaping their identities, the two are reunited and turned into birds flying over the ocean. Both the decision of Poseidon and the mercy of the gods are factors that neither Alcyone nor Ceyx expected, but ultimately shaped their identities.
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