You shall still have the last word, but no power to speak first." So close, yet so far away. Heartbroken, humiliated, and dejected, Ameinias stabbed himself with the sword, committing suicide in front of his would-be lover’s home. Narcissus mocked Ameinias for his desires and, out of spite, gifted him a sword. When most people think of Narcissus, they think of Echo. You are projecting today to mythical Greece, it’s a story of pride and hybris. Echo and Narcissus is a 1903 oil painting by John William Waterhouse.It illustrates the myth of Echo and Narcissus from Ovid's Metamorphoses.. John William Waterhouse (1847–1917) was an English painter who, because of his style and themes, is generally classified as a Pre-Raphaelite.He painted over 200 works, mainly in the genres of classical mythology, and of historical or literary subjects. have the last word. May I die before you enjoy my body.” Humiliated and rejected, Echo fled in shame. Why was Narcissus so enchanted by his reflection? Echo couldn’t introduce herself, so she watched him and waited for her opportunity.
One of his common themes is the femme fatale, the woman who ensnares a man.[1]. One must have neither too much nor too little a sense of self. Her prayers were heard by the goddess Nemesis who caused Narcissus to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. Echo was just one of a number of spurned lovers, for a tale is also told about the rejection of Ameinias, a fragile youth who had also fallen in love with Narcissus but was also spurned. Zeus’ presumptuous arrogance lies in, among other things, his belief that he is entitled to enjoy any pretty young mortal woman or nymph he likes. This changed the myth from an explanation of the origin of the flower and echoes and a discussion of the divine-human relationship to a story simply told for entertainment.
Photo by Danny Burk, 2001. Some say that Aphrodite, Goddess of love, cursed Narcissus for making a mockery of her temple. As Tiresias has prophesied, Narcissus will live to an old age…if he never comes to know himself.
Interestingly, the Pausanias version of the story stated that Ovid's story is foolishness. This may be true. He never glanced in her direction. The background is a photo of the Narcissus flower.
He called to the gods asking why he was being denied the love that the two shared. As the personification of excessive ego-libido, though, Narcissus isn’t the only character in this story who is tainted with this vice. Too late for that; the boy was better off vainly admiring his seemingly perfect False Self, never knowing the limitations of his True Self. His admiration of his reflection is like Lacan‘s notion of the mirror stage, only Narcissus’ experience is an extreme version of the self-alienation we all as infants first experience on at least some level. Was he really in love with himself? To punish Narcissus for his arrogance, Nemesis, the goddess of revenge, put a spell on him. When she stumbled upon Narcissus, an equally beautiful woodland spirit, it was love at first sight. It worked.
This was because Echo would engage Juno in conversation while the other nymphs fled from resting underneath jupiter. On further investigation, we might conclude that Narcissus wasn’t narcissistic.
One day she spotted and fell in love with Narcissus. However, he has matured enough to offer his services to others.
Echo jubilantly rushed to Narcissus, but he spurned her, saying, “Hands off! Echo returned to see him wasting away. He takes his last dying breath by himself and dies by the image that he will never have but so badly desires. One day Echo was at a pond which she frequented, when a human man came into view. In both Ovid’s and Pausanias’ versions of Narcissus, Narcissus dies by a pool gazing at his own reflection that he falls in love with.
She was so upset by her rejection that she withdrew from life and wasted away until all that was left was a whisper. The youth Narcissus is lying prone, with his head over the water, fascinated by his own reflection. One of these was the nymph Echo, who could only repeat the words of others. For it is their self-absorption that causes the alienation resulting, in turn, in the pathologies of the masses.
Of course, this split between extreme self-love and self-hate might not be so pronounced in our society if the ruling class–each Zeus and Hera of today’s world–weren’t so vain themselves. He jumps them and ravishes them without any consideration for whether or not they consent to his lustful acts. It just shows Narcissus leaning over a pond looking at himself with a statue behind him.
Crazy with love, Narcissus stayed by the side of the water and wasted away. If he wasn’t smitten, he was at least entranced enough to profess love to his own reflection. In the rationalized version where Narcissus had a twin, Echo and the will of the Gods are completely omitted, thereby negating what appeared to be the main points of the story. Narcissus fell in deeply love with his reflection while drinking on a hunt. Narcissus and Echo by John William Waterhouse, Painted in 1903 Location: Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool England. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. At first glance, this gesture appears genuine, but the phallic shape of the sword was intended to tease Ameinias. Instead of feeling any compassion for Zeus’ rape victims, she punishes them for tempting him away from her, thus blaming the victim. Zeus and Hera, in their own ways, are excessively egotistical and exploitative, too, being the king and queen of heaven, and having all the privileges and arrogance of a ruling class. Through the painting all he can see and hear is the reflection of him. Earth spirited & moon guided daughters of Gaia. Echo and Narcissus represent two extremes of the human personality. As Narcissus suffers from a love that will never be returned to him, so does Echo.
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