Echo and Narcissus

Date Submitted: 10/07/2004 08:25:28
Category: / Literature
Length: 2 pages (512 words)
Echo & Narcissus The tale of Echo and Narcissus is a fascinating story. I understood the whole story, but I could not understand couple of things in the story. One of the parts in the story that I did not appreciate is why the story focuses on Narcissus more then Echo? Another part I really couldn't comprehend is why did the nymphs always go for Narcissus, even though they knew his personality was like …
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…conclusion, Echo and Narcissus was a great story. It had some parts that were little strange to me, but other then that it was one good myth. I think the main focus of the story is that nothing in the myth of Echo and Narcissus gets fulfilled, there's no happy ending; at least not in any ordinary sense. The focus of the myth is on unfulfilled passion, Echo for Narcissus and Narcissus for his reflection!
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