The Metamorphoses
by Ovid
BOOK THE FIFTH.
FABLE I.
While Perseus is continuing the relation of the adventures of Medusa, Phineus, to whom Andromeda has been previously promised in marriage, rushes into the palace, with his adherents, and attacks his rival. A furious combat is the consequence, in which Perseus gives signal proofs of his valor. At length, perceiving himself likely to be overpowered by the number of his enemies, he shows them the head of the Gorgon; on which Phineus and his followers are turned into statues of stone. After this victory, he takes Andromeda with him to Argos, his native city, where he turns the usurper Prœtus into stone, and re-establishes his grandfather Acrisius on the throne.
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Question
Use the passages to answer the question.
Which detail from Shakespeare’s play signals that the play is meant to create a different feeling for the audience than the source material?
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Responses
the inclusion of the lion
the inclusion of the lion
the bantering dialogue
the bantering dialogue
the use of characters from the fable
the use of characters from the fable
the choice to frame the fable as a play within a play
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1 answer