Interpretation Essay

Sammy Leach
Interpretation essay
M1
18 September 2008
Daphne
You have herd of many different gods and goddesses, many of the goddesses being huntresses. Daphne is one of those independent huntress. You can look at Daphne in a natural, social, and Psychological way. When one day her world turns around. She was a huntress who ended up being hunted by Apollo, he had fallen in love with her. Unfortunately she did not love him. She ran and called for help from her father, who was the river-god, Peneus. As e result he turned her into a tree and Apollo took her, as a tree, and kept her.

Naturally, Daphne was a good huntress who was loved by Apollo but who did not love him. You could view her as tall and muscular women. Daphne carried bows and any other type of mighty huntress weapon. She was very conceded, because she did not want to be with another mortal or any male. She was very dedicated to being a huntress. To Daphne all that mattered was being a huntress and protecting her virginity; She looked at it as power. You could look at her as a mortal version of Artemis.

Socially Daphne was not making her father very happy. He wanted a grandson but she did not want to be with any man. She appreciated her virginity and hunting so much she was not willing to give her father a grandson. You could relate that to life because it would be like having to go through the difficulties of falling in love or getting hurt and also keeping your virginity.

Psychologically she was very much like any other women in many ways. She did not want to give her virginity to any man because she did not think they deserved it. She did not trust men, and today many women cannot really trust many of them.

You know about many gods and goddesses, and now you know about Daphne, another goddess of the woods. Now you can relate Daphne on a natural, social, and psychological level. You learn about hunters and find out they are often hunted themselves.