What are the tragic consequences of transformations in The Metamorphoses?

The consequences of change of form in the Metamorphoses are often very tragic indeed. In the story of Daphne and Apollo, for example, we are presented with a transformation that ends in tragedy. A love-sick Apollo desperately wants Daphne; but as Daphne has sworn to remain a virgin, she rebuffs his increasingly assertive advances. Unwilling to take no for an answer, Apollo chases Daphne until, eventually, he catches up with her and grabs her. On the brink of being violated by the god, Daphne calls out to her father, Peneus, to use his streams' divine powers to change her and destroy the beauty that pleases Apollo only too well. Peneus duly obliges, and before long Daphne has turned into a laurel tree. (Daphne is the Greek word for laurel.) Although this prevents Apollo from assaulting Daphne, it also deprives Daphne of a full life. It is this deprivation of what was rightfully hers that makes the story of Daphne and Apollo truly tragic.