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The Story Of Narcissus: Culminating Mythology Research

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Culminating Mythology Research The Story of Narcissus
Notes for Presentation
- Work cited: double-spaced and no bullet points
- Use Owl Purdue
- Don’t forget in-text citations

Key Facts/Background Information
- A narcissus is also another name for a daffodil
- Narcissus root for the word: Narcissism
- Narcissism: immoderate interest in oneself and or physical appearance. Essentially being vain and or arrogant.
- God of love: Eros
- He could not fall out of love and could not bear the agony of unfulfilled love so he killed himself.
In-text citations (Background Information): The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Type of Myth
- Creation/Origin Myth
- Proof: It is clear that is this an Origin Myth because the name Narcissus is the origin …show more content…

- The myth was part of a three-part narrative/ long poem that was completed around 8 AD.
- Over the years others have rewritten the myth in different ways all around the world.
In-text citation (Geography): Jennings et al
History
- In Greek mythology, Narcissus was originally deemed a hunter from a land named Thespiae in Boeotia which was known for it’s beauty.
- He was the only child of the river goddess Cephissus and the son of Nymph Liriope.
- Sometime kids fell into rivers baffled by something called there reflection.
- Many parents joked about how they were just too deeply obsessed with themselves they fell in love quite literally.
- Leading to the history of the myth and typically scaring children today with the idea that , if you stare at you reflection too long you can die.
In-text citation (History): Cartwright
Thematic Statement
- When a being thinks too much of oneself, it often causes that person to harm themselves, and others around them.

In-text citation (Thematic Statement): My own thoughts
Outline of Character Analysis:

Character …show more content…

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Rose, Herbert Jennings, and Antony Spawforth. “Narcissus(1), Figure of Greek Mythology.” Oxford Classical Dictionary, 16 May 2018, classics.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-4334. “The Myth of Narcissus.” Greek Myths Greek Mythology, www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com/narcissus-myth-echo/.

“The Myth of Narcissus” YouTube, uploaded by Spencer Weaver, 13 December 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_FkAcYNgWk “The Psychology of narcissism” YouTube, uploaded by TED-Ed, 23 February 2016.

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