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...and Icarus the reader gets the legend of the demise of Icarus. It is a story of the desire, on the part of Daedalus, to somehow invent something great and be noted for such. In the poem Waiting for Icarus by Muriel Rukeyser it speaks of a young woman, the lover of Icarus, waiting for his return. Each story/poem presents the reader with a different perspective of the legendary story. The following paper compares and contrasts the speaker’s point of view.

Icarus: Ovid and Rukeyser
In Ovid’s story the speaker is somewhat objective and for the most part is simply telling the story. However, there is the sense that the speaker is not incredibly fond of Daedalus as they state Daedalus hated Crete/ And his long exile...