Assignment

The seal of The Ohio State University features the following phrase in Latin:

Disciplina in Civitatem.

"Disciplina in Civitatem" means "Education for Citizenship." And when I design and teach my courses at Ohio State I always keep this phrase in mind: I help citizenFstudents.

Now, being a citizen entails all sorts of things, including certain rights: the right to justice through courts of law, the right to various social services, etc. But at the core of citizenship is a notion which transcends even national citizenships: the notion of collective decisionF making, the notion of having a say, the notion of voting on shared problems.

This essay is your opportunity to think about the role of literature in a citizen's education. The broad question is, how can Metamorphoses by Ovid help citizenFreaders? But here's the specific question you must answer for this essay:

• Which two passages from Metamorphoses by Ovid are most helpful for citizenF readers?