What was the moral of that whole story of Narcissus, and him killing himself and all that, and Echo, getting cursed. I've seen it somewhere but I don't remember. PLEASE HELP!!!
What is the moral of the Echo and Narcissus story?
don't fall in love with yourself, direct your love toward someone real, unless we are loved we fade to nothingness
that sort of thing
Reply:The whole Narcissus story is a warning against vanity. Echo is in love with the sound of her own voice, and when she finally finds something she loves more, the only way she's able to try to express her interest is in her own horribly narcissistic way. And of course, she chooses someone even vainer than herself, and ends up pining away over him (but still clings to that one thing she loved about herself). I guess it's a warning not to be too self-absorbed or you'll never be able to connect to other people and will just live and die in your own self-obsessed bubble.
Narcissus learns an even harsher lesson (though it's also possible he learns no lesson at all), as he finally knows the pain he inflicted on everyone he snubbed (Echo and Ameinious, who kills himself after being rejected).
At the end of the day, neither of them were able to get what they wanted because they were too obsessed with themselves.
Reply:I think it is a warning against personal vanity.
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