Tireseas story, to me, seemed to be the weirdest of them all. During the readings in both books, a lot of the readings had some stories that were a little far fetched from anything that could ever happen in real life. It was Juno that brought forth Tireseas within the story to ask for his opinions. I believed it to be very strange that he became a women for seven years, not only that but then on the eighth year, he is transformed back into a man. I also think that its strange that instead of him being able to see as a punishment, he gains knowledge of the future and is proud of it. So what sex is Tireseas really? I mean I understand he is born a male, but then changes to a women, but how will he live his life? Does he have any wives or husbands throughout his life? This is something that I don't understand. Not only are there physical differences between both sexes, but also psychological differences as well, does this also change as he changes gender?
The conversation between Echo and Narcissus is also strange. I couldn't tell if Narcissus was making up Echo as an excuse to say what he really thinks or wants to hear? It seemed as though Echo is a fake character made up by Narcissus. Echo only repeats the last word or phrase that is said. Echos should only do one of the two. It seemed as though the Echo only chose specific words or phrases to repeat, but I don't know for what reason. This is why I think Narcissus made Echo up for his own self.
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