Throughout the poem, the "long road” symbolizes the bluesman’s that long road behind me has
curved through trouble and joy— personal growth and life journey.

fear of interacting with strangers.

love of singing and music.

feelings of pain and alienation.

In comparing "minerva and arachne" and "niobe," can you establish a common theme running throughout both texts? how do you think this theme might change if the stories were written in first-person point of view? write a journal entry explaining the theme of both "minerva and arachne" and "nirobe." then, consider how the theme might change if the tales were written using a first-person point of view. use examples and evidence from both texts to support your analysis.