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 Ovid's metamorphosis clearly picturizes different themes of life. Revenge is one of the recurring themes that is seen in Book III. This can be observed for the first time with Actaeon. Actaeon was walking amidst the woods after a day of hunting. The grandson of Cadmus was wandering through the woods which he had never seen before. Acteon suddenly reached the spot where Goddess Diana was bathing along with several other nymphs. When Actaeon accidentally caught a glance of their naked bodies, the nymphs cried in shame and tried to hide Diana's body with their own. But, since Diana was much taller than them, her body was clearly visible to Actaeon. Even though it was an accident, Diana cursed Actaeon and turned him into a deer seeking her revenge. as Actaeon was running away, his hunting dogs ripped him into pieces. The theme of revenge can be observed numerous times in book III. similarly, when Juno learnt that Semele was pregnant with her husband's child, she orchestrated a

 The characters of Narcissus and Echo are found in the book titled "Metamorphoses"  which is authored by the famous Roman poet Ovid. The story of Narcissus and Echo is constructed in Book III of Metamorphoses. Echo was a beautiful river nymph who lived amidst the beautiful woods. Echo had the habit of chattering ceaselessly about different topics for long. However, this very habit of her later proved to be a curse.  Jupiter, the God of Gods often visited the riverside where he enjoyed his time with the beautiful river nymphs, far away from his court and his wife Juno. His wife was well aware of her husbands philandering personality and hence   one day when he was visiting the river nymphs, Juno followed him to catch him red-handed. When Echo learnt that Juno had seen the nymphs lying with Jupiter, she tried to engage Juno with her endless flow of talks. She kept prattling continuously to Juno until the nymphs could flee from the spot. Juno, being furious with Echo for wasting

Kalidasa's play Abhijnanasakuntalam  illustrates the love story between the heroine Shakuntala with the king Dushyanta. The king falls in love with the beautiful maiden while visiting the hermitage of sage Kanva while a hunting expedition in the forest. Both of them marry in the hermitage with dual agreement. After the marriage, the king returns back to his kingdom to take care of his court. Before living, he gives her a gold wedding ring with his name carved on it. This ring has a very important role in the story. A few days later, sage Durvasa comes to the hermitage and knocks on Shakuntala's door. However, Shakuntala, who is lost in the thoughts of Dushyanta fails to notice him. The angry sage feeling insulted instantly incurs a curse against her, saying that the person whose thoughts were ruling her mind would completely forget about her. As a result King Dushyanta completely loses every bit of memory about his wife Shakuntala. At the requests of her friends Priyamvada and

 The Parijata Harana is an Ankiya Nat written by the prolific writer Sankardeva. The Sanskrit term Anka denotes an one act play. Ankiya Nats are usually performed at night,  during winters or on religious occasions.  Female roles are played by males. The Parijata Harana was written towards the end of Sankardeva's life. The play retells two stories adapted from the Bhagavata and the Vishnu Purana.  The play begins with the sutradhara announcing about the arrival of of the supreme Lord Krishna along with his wives Satyabhama and Rukmini.  Krishna is living with Rukmini in a palace when Lord Indra arrives with the celestial Sage Narada. When Krishna and his wife Rukmini bow down to their guests, Narada places the Parijata flower in the hands of Krishna as a blessing. He even mentions about the speciality of the flower that its smell can be sensed from about six kilometers away. The woman who wears the flower always enjoys the company of her husband and nothing but good fortune stays w

  Plautus’s Pot of Gold carries an amazing characterization along with the plot. The play revolves around the central character of Euclio. Euclio is a miserly, old man, whose greed and avarice for wealth has turned him aggressive. It seems that Euclio has inherited all the mentioned traits from his fathers and forefathers. None of them had earlier taken care of the house deity Lar Familiaris. However, Euclio’s daughter proved put to be extraordinary as she remembered to worship the God with offerings. Satisfied with her, the Deity revealed the location of the pot of gold to Euclio, so that it can be used in Phaedria’s marriage. However, we know that money is capable of turning anybody blind. Euclio becomes greedy for the treasure and hides it in the hearth of his empty house. He confines himself to the house, guarding the pot of gold. His greed makes him suspect each and every person that he comes in contact with. He even accuses his trustworthy housemaid Staphyla of leaking informati

The Pot Of Gold was written by Plautus sometime before 184 BC. The play deals with the theme of greed and avarice of a person with money because he values it above everything else in the world. The story is about a miserly old man named Euclio, who discovers a pot of gold hidden in his house by his forefather. After this discovery, he grows suspicious of everyone and starts doubting every person that he meets. He accuses his housemaid Staphyla of learning about his treasure and spreading a word about it. Therefore, we can say that the play ' pot of gold' has a very interesting plot. The play also runs a sub-plot along with the main plot. In the subplot, we can observe the story of Lyconides which runs parallelly along with the original plot. Euclio's daughter Phaedria is seduced by a young boy named Lyconides under the influence of alcohol and is later seen to be carrying the child of Lyconides in her womb. This subplot plays a very important role in the original story. Bo