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The House of the Goddess Envy

The House of the Goddess Envy. From Ovid’s Metamorphoses Book 2 Page 52. The House of the Goddess Envy. Envy’s “House”. Poorly-kept No sunshine No wind Gloomy Cold. Minerva comes to Envy. Envy’s Characteristics. Eating her snakes Pale Skinny Squinted eyes Mean Rust colored teeth.

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The House of the Goddess Envy

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  1. The House of the Goddess Envy From Ovid’s Metamorphoses Book 2 Page 52

  2. The House of the Goddess Envy

  3. Envy’s “House” Poorly-kept No sunshine No wind Gloomy Cold

  4. Minerva comes to Envy

  5. Envy’s Characteristics Eating her snakes Pale Skinny Squinted eyes Mean Rust colored teeth

  6. Before Envy Leaves Puts on her mantle What is it? A loose sleeveless cloak Envy’s was “cloudy” or dark Why is it important? It represents a layer or blanket of darkness Picks up her staff of thorns What does it represent? Envy herself

  7. How does Envy kill Aglauros? Touches her with her hands and fills her heart with thorns Breathes poison in through her nose Gives her a vision of Herse and Mercury happily married

  8. Aglauros envies Does not want her sister to be happy Blocks Mercury’s entrance Tells Mercury she will not leave until she has ruined his reason for being there

  9. Aglauros’s Fate Mercury goes in anyways Aglauros tries to stop him She cannot do anything stiff cold could not speak She had become a black statue

  10. Any thoughts or comments on the themes, imageries, or the story in general?

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