Love, is one of the best feelings that one could have. It is this theme that inspires me to read a novel. It works as simply as this: if love is the topic in the story, I read the book. I think this might explain why I am enjoying so much Metamorphoses. Alcyone and Ceyx are the main characters and an adorable couple. Alcyone is the loyal and affectionate wife who doesn't want her husband to leave on a journey which he might never come back from. Ceyx, is the type of man that wants to gain power as he tries to prove his braveness to those he knew.
After he leaves, Alcyone has to live miserably without her husband, since she depended on him in a greater way than how he depended on her. Aftter all, he was the one that decided to leave no matter the affection that he felt for his wife. Alcyone waits for his arrival but that day never comes and she soon becomes a widow.
However, it is also shown how Ceyx cries for Alcyone when he is affected by the storm. This proves that their love was unbreakable and eternal.
Such as in most Greek Mythological pieces, Gods also appear and interfere with the lives of the other characters in this story. It is Poseidon and Aeolus who send the storm to Ceyx and his men which causes their deaths. At the end, the gods turn both of them into birds so they can live together forever.
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