Apuleius vs. Ovid question- in the Fourth Book of The Golden ***, Tale of the Robber,?

Question

what is the significance of the robber's howling as a bear until he died, by the dogs? He was dressed up in the bear suit. He voluntarily did it. So right there, that shows that it is not like a "Metamorphosis" dealt by the gods, as in Ovid's Metamorphoses. His reasons for voluntarily doing it is also a critique of some ideas of "morality" behind Ovid's Metamorphoses. Then, usually in Ovid's book people make the sound of their animal because that's what they turned into, they really are that animal. Here in The Golden ***, the thief was acting it out as a bear, right until the end. They never found out he was human. Was it basically a metamorphosis like Ovid's works, but just, saving his humanity and giving him some credit? Is that what Apuleius is trying to say Ovid did not do for humans, in his work? And since the thief did escape with the dogs or no one else finally knowing he was human, -why- would Apuleius "let the bad guy win?"

"The Golden A$$" that's the name of the book, it's about a man who turns into a donkey. but yahoo won't let me type it.

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Answer 1

The boy is herioc in the end