The Metamorphoses
by Ovid
Sound sleep has now relaxed the nerves of both men, and birds, and beasts; the hedges and the motionless foliage are still, without any noise, the dewy air is still; the stars alone are twinkling; towards which, holding up her arms, three times she turns herself about, three times she besprinkles her hair with water taken from the stream; with three yells she opens her mouth, and, her knee bending upon the hard ground, she [Medea] says, “O Night, most faithful to these my mysteries, and ye golden Stars, who, with the Moon, succeed the fires of the day, and thou, . . . , too, Earth, that dost furnish the enchanters with powerful herbs; ye breezes, too, and winds, mountains, rivers, and lakes, and all ye Deities of the groves, and all ye Gods of night, attend here; through whose aid, whenever I will, the rivers run back from their astonished banks to their sources, and by my charms I calm the troubled sea, and rouse it when calm; I disperse the clouds, and I bring clouds upon the Earth; I both allay the winds, and I raise them; . . .Now there is need of juices, by means of which, old age, being renewed, may return to the bloom of life, and may receive back again its early years; and this ye will give me.”
"The Metamorphoses" by Ovid
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
PROSPERO.
Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and
groves;
And ye that on the sands with printless foot
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Question
Use the passages to answer the question.
How does Shakespeare transform Ovid’s Metamorphoses in The Tempest? Select the two correct answers.
(1 point)
Responses
by giving Prospero magical powers that are similar to Medea’s
by giving Prospero magical powers that are similar to Medea’s
by having the plot follow the main character’s quest to become young again
by having the plot follow the main character’s quest to become young again
by changing Medea’s first-person narrative into a third-person narrative limited to Prospero’s point of view
by changing Medea’s first-person narrative into a third-person narrative limited to Prospero’s point of view
by having Medea and Prospero promise to stop using their magic
by having Medea and Prospero promise to stop using their magic
by using mainly iambic pentameter instead of prose
1. by giving Prospero magical powers that are similar to Medea’s
3. by changing Medea’s first-person narrative into a third-person narrative limited to Prospero’s point of view