Metamorphoses Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 4 pages of analysis of Metaphysics of Ovid and Dante.

Metamorphoses Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 4 pages of analysis of Metaphysics of Ovid and Dante.
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Metaphysics of Ovid and Dante

Summary: Compares Ovid's the Metamorphoses and Dante's Purgatorio. Describes how each piece of literature attempts to arrive at a truth concerning the essence of human existence. Considers how each author differed in their beliefs and attitudes toward the concept of divinity.
Ovid wrote the Metamorphoses nearly two thousand years ago and Dante wrote Purgatorio 1600 years after that - two pieces of literature that dealt with topics which transcend humanity's perceived reality. Each piece of literature attempts to arrive at a truth concerning the essence of human existence, Dante seeks answers within the confines of Catholic dogma while Ovid approaches existence from a paganistic perspective. This demonstrates two very different approaches to the same exact query. Mankind has questioned the existence of a metaphysical realm for generations and consequently shapes the nature of the supernatural world.

The complex pagan religious system of the Romans mirrored that of the Greeks, but what Ovid sought to create was a solid (nearly Bible-like) account of the formation of the world and the source of the multifarious gods. Essentially, Ovid is seeking to rationalize and dogmatize the dozens of deities. Ovid believed that the...

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