Arachne

I found the story of Arachne quite boring after hearing the colorful depictions of the other poems in Ovid Metamorphoses. There is a lack of juiciness, so to speak, that is undeniable. There is no incest, rape, murder, or cannibalism to be found. Suicide is an interesting topic, I suppose, but we are left with attempted suicide. I am not sure how to make this one exciting but I certainly will try.

I think my main problem is my inexplicable need to relate these stories to my life. I want to find a moral. The morals I came up with upon hearing these stories seem a little....well, ridiculous. "Don't eat your children", "Don't sleep with your father", "Don't talk shit to someone who could potentially turn you into a spider", etc. I don't think someone with even the most tumultuous life could make sense of such ridiculous morals. This is not saying anything unfavorable about the text. In fact, there are few texts as colorful and as interesting as these. I am merely relaying my mindset whilst reading said text. Truthfully, I don't even think what I just wrote makes much sense, once I actually read through it. So be it.