In wars most of the time, families of both sides are enemies, but the situation between Nisus, Scylla, and Minos was different. Scylla was just a girl that didn't know much for that time, and didn't mind about anyone else's opinion, she was a spoil girl. When people are spoiled they don't care about others opinions or reactions to their own actions, they just think about themselves. Scylla never thinks of the impacts her actions might have, "Minos shrunk back and refused to touch it." She could never accomplish what she really wanted, for she wanted to be with Minos, also she wanted to end the war in this way. Her actions had opposite consequences. She didn't get anything of what was expected and the effects were worse. You should never take action without imagining what might occur.
As in other myths, the characters transform to make part of nature, in Nisus and Scylla this also happens. At first Nisus becomes a Sea Eagle, as an outcome of not having the purple lock. It could be representing that humans need something to make them be in a different state of being, in this case as a human. Scylla also suffered that transition of a human to a bird. She now has to face the consequences of her own actions. People should be more cautious of their actions and try not to be selfish so that their actions will have some positive impact in others lives.
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