Comparing Demeter And Persephone

The story of Demeter and Persephone depicts the transition of a young virgin to a married woman. In the beginning of the poem, Persephone is often referred to 'the girl', and portrays the life of a young unmarried girl as she picks flowers with her friend Oceanids. Suddenly she is abducted without a say by a stranger much older than her, just as marriages of Ancient Greece were arranged without a girl's approval to older men they might have never met. Similar to the dread and fear young girls have toward marriage, Persephone screams in anguish as she is taken away. The mother mourns for her daughter's absence, but is left powerless against the patriarchy. The deed is sealed upon Persephone's acceptance of the pomegranate seed, which symbolizes

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