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Hui Lucy Xu Professor Armando Maggi Teaching Assistant: Katie Gruber Humanities: Loves and Transformation 09 May 2004 Punishment of God and Man The tales in The Metamorphoses of Ovid deal with the transformation of humans into other form of beings or nonbeings. Almost one hundred percent of the time, human beings transform into gods, plants, beasts, or stones as a result of the catalyst: desire. Ovid defines each transformation as either a form of escape or a form of punishment. In order to distinguish between the two, a code of ethics is applied. In one sense, transformations protect guiltless humans from wicked godly appetites. Humans who utilize immoral schemes to try and breach the borders between god and man are also punished through alterations. On the other hand, gods are punished to a much lesser degree because of their higher status. Instead of being transformed, the gods generally lose what they are trying to covert....

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