Love and Desire writing Assignment

Write a well-developed and well-supported 500-word essay on the roles of love and/or desire in Ovid’s version of the “The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice.” Explain how love and/or desire are defined and expressed in the myth. You may want to use portions of Plato’s Symposium to define your terms. As you develop your argument, consider why Orpheus disobeys his orders and glances back to Eurydice. Be sure to support your argument with evidence from the text in the form of direct quotations and paraphrase.

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The Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice has been told and retold by many. In the version of Ovid, love plays different roles in defining the Orpheus’ choices and actions. Orpheus was a man who was madly in love with his bride to be Eurydice which drove him to sermon the God of Marriage Hymen. Sadly enough their marriage day seemed to be his wife’s last day of living since she got bitten by a snake and passed on.

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