Metamorphosis

Ovid offers the richness of psychological detail to readers.The most common emotions that motivate metamorphosis are sexual desire, anger, and grief. A great many of the tales in the poem involve sexual violence.Ovid usually begins with the point of view of the pursuer,then switches to, the perspective of the victim suffering metamorphosis.As for victims, the cause is internal, at a moment of crisis the very force of extreme passions can cause a breakdown inthe elements and a natural metamorphosis.

In most cases,metamorphoses are external, imposed by the gods. One of the most frightening aspects of metamorphosis is the continuation of human consciousness in a new form and the extreme alienation, fear, and even pain this may cause. He describes the actual physical process of metamorphosis to show the forces of illogical and conflicting in the play of emotional extremes.