Metamorphoses Scene 5- Orpheus and Eurydice

1. Who are Hades, Fates, Tantalus and Sisyphus? Hades was the ancient Greek god of the underworld. The Fates are people who assign a man to good or evil. Tantalus is a famous ancient figure who is most well-known for his eternal punishment in Tartarus. Sisyphus is the king of Ephyra now known as Corinth in Greek mythology.
2.  How can Orpheus get Eurydice back? Orpheus can get Eurydice back if he makes a deal with Hades in which Eurydice will be following Orpheus as he goes back outside. If Orpheus turns back to look at Eurydice until sunlight, Eurydice will remain with Hades forever.
3.  List the ways we are invited to interpret the story. We are invited to interpret the story as a story of love and how it always goes away, and a story about time that only flows in one direction.
4.  Which interpretation do you most agree with? I agree with the interpretation that it is a story about love and how it always goes away.
5. Is this a love story?  Why?  Why not? If so, what kind of love does this seem to be? Yes, it is a love story since there is a man and a woman in which the man attempts to get back the woman with anything he has. The love seems to be the kind of love that can never be fulfilled and was not meant to be, and if he truly wanted to have her again he wouldn't of turned around. So, basically it's a love story about a couple that were never meant to be in my opinion.