Perspective and Narrator. Metamorphoses is a collection of myths narrated by a third-person omniscient narrator. Within the myths frame narratives, or stories-within-stories, occur and are narrated in the first person.
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The title of Ovid's poem Metamorphoses refers to the many metamorphoses, or transformations, that gods and mortals undergo throughout the poem as their bodies change into new forms in response to love, lust, grief, and vengeance.
The biological process where the physical structure of animals goes through various stages of cell growth and division which brings about rapid changes in its body is called Metamorphosis. Complete metamorphosis is known as holometabolous and Incomplete metamorphosis is known as hemimetabolous.
The life cycle of a flea goes through a complete metamorphosis. Thus, it is called holometabolous. The metamorphosis usually depends on flea to flea. The process might take 2-3 weeks to several months to make up a fully adult flea. Environmental factors are the reason for this inconsistency in a flea’s metamorphosis.
Ques: Define Metamorphosis. What kind of metamorphosis does a flea have in its life cycle? [2 marks]