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There were quite a lot of messages in these two stories, Myrrha and Pomona & Vertumnus. One was the beauty and importance to be you. We can see that from the story of Pomona & Vertumnus, “When at last the god revealed himself just as he was, much to his surprise, he had no need of words, Little Pomona was happy with what she saw, unadorned and undisguised. Soon enough, the vine was clinging to the tree.” (Metamorphoses, Pomona & Vertumnus, p.62) This message of “be yourself” is ironic since the society of civilization sometimes requires being someone else, it requires the necessity of hiding some of your characters or desire to fit in to the society.
Another message is that some unavoidable and impossible to solve thing or situation exists. The whole love problem of Myrrha is so. She falls in love with the person she most shouldn’t. Sadly, it was her father who caused this. He was the one who “seized Myrrha for a passion.” And this is also another message, “think well before you act.” In this case it’s wish, rather than act.
Finally, one of the last messages is that love is something you can’t control. Out of this message, I think it will depend on the audience to decide whether that love is a good or bad thing. One might think, “oh then love should definitely be something I should avoid,” or “I knew that! Love is like energy. It makes people move and take an action.” Or maybe other more things.