2006-08-07 18:10:04 · 6 answers · asked by animallover435 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
First of all, do your own homework!
Second, you really shouldn't trust the answers you get on here. People may be just messing with you!
2006-08-08 03:42:32 · answer #1 · answered by Suzanne 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Narcissus thought that Echo was being rude repeating everything he said. The truth was that Echo knew no language , and was only conversing as best as she could. Moral is : Language is a powerful form of communication .
Any language can be learnt ; even Echo must have got the pronunciation right , to echo Narcissus, and thus get him angry.
Mis-judging a case : Echo was not rude. She had a communication problem. Some-one may not be rude in not answer-ing . They may be deaf .
2006-08-08 01:27:28 · answer #2 · answered by skeetejacquelinelightersnumber7 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, the moral has nothing to do with learning language. Echo was punished by Hera because she decieved her. Hera suspected Zeus of coming to Earth and marrying the humans. She suspected him of cavorting with Echo, so she came down and visited her. While she was there, Zeus was trying to sneak out. Echo talked SO MUCH that Hera became distracted and Zeus got away. Hera got pissed and took away her ability to form her own words, in that way, she couldn't decieve because she could only repeat.
Echo fell in love with Narcissus, who was so beautiful that he fell in love with no one because they were not as handsome. Echo fell in love with him while he sat by the water, but he was too tuned in with his face. She wanted to tell him she loved him, but she couldn't. He said "I love you" to his face, not recognizing it as his own, and Echo repeated it, so Narcissus believed it was his reflection talking back, not Echo. He stayed there, forgetting to eat and to drink until he whithered away into nothing and was replaced by a Narcissus flower.
Gossipers (as what Echo did in the presence of Hera to let Zeus get away) do not use their own words (or mind) but instead just repeat what is told to them. Echo's punishment was more of a lesson for gossiping.
Narcissus and Echo... that is self explanatory. Vanity is wasted efforts. If you are vain, you perish alone.
2006-08-08 15:49:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
don't be vain, and don't dick over the people who love you.
be nice to people who fall in love w/ you and let them down gently, if you don't love them back.
2006-08-08 01:14:32 · answer #4 · answered by sisofphil 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sorry buddy, tried to find out but in vain.
2006-08-08 01:41:23 · answer #5 · answered by Halle 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Vanity can kill you....
2006-08-08 01:12:03 · answer #6 · answered by Melissa S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋