1. Who are Baucis and Philemon? Bacius and Philemon are wife and husband who live in a small hut. They were the ones that greeted the guests (Zeus, Hermes) into their hut so that they could rest and have a meal.
2. How do they differ from other people? These two differ from other people since they are rather friendly compared to the others. Also, they don't reject the poor "guests," and scream and them while others did. The two have a better sense of what it means to be kind compared to others which rejected their requests without even thinking about it at first.
3. Why do Zeus and Hermes reward them? Zeus and Hermes reward the two because of how they were kind and not as nasty as the neighbors.
4. Describe their wish? Baucis and Philemon wished that they could die at the same moment. To die, they were transformed into trees at the same time while putting forth leaves, and producing bark.
5. What does this story suggest? What is its didactic message? This story suggests that one shouldn't treat a stranger with such "hatred," since something could always come back to you that does you good. It's didactic message is to treat others with as much respect as they would treat you. Basically, the story is trying to tell the reader to never be so rude or unwilling to help towards total strangers, in any situation whether you are rich or poor.
6. Do you agree with this idea of love? Why? Why Not? I do agree with this idea of love since if two people truly love each other they wouldn't betray themselves in their time afterwards. Dying at the same time would be a great example since none of them want to suffer the pain of not having each other.
2. How do they differ from other people? These two differ from other people since they are rather friendly compared to the others. Also, they don't reject the poor "guests," and scream and them while others did. The two have a better sense of what it means to be kind compared to others which rejected their requests without even thinking about it at first.
3. Why do Zeus and Hermes reward them? Zeus and Hermes reward the two because of how they were kind and not as nasty as the neighbors.
4. Describe their wish? Baucis and Philemon wished that they could die at the same moment. To die, they were transformed into trees at the same time while putting forth leaves, and producing bark.
5. What does this story suggest? What is its didactic message? This story suggests that one shouldn't treat a stranger with such "hatred," since something could always come back to you that does you good. It's didactic message is to treat others with as much respect as they would treat you. Basically, the story is trying to tell the reader to never be so rude or unwilling to help towards total strangers, in any situation whether you are rich or poor.
6. Do you agree with this idea of love? Why? Why Not? I do agree with this idea of love since if two people truly love each other they wouldn't betray themselves in their time afterwards. Dying at the same time would be a great example since none of them want to suffer the pain of not having each other.
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