Cupid And Psyche Hero's Journey

Admirable stories possess the concept of the hero's journey. A hero's journey tells the character's story. In the story Cupid and Psyche, Psyche, a beautiful maiden, obtains Aphrodite's jealousy. Aphrodite makes her son, Cupid, affect Psyche's chance at love. Instead, Cupid falls in love with Psyche, and they face challenges attempting to uphold a relationship. The concept of a hero's journey explains Cupid and Psyche's story throughout twelve steps. Initially, the first step in a hero's journey, ordinary world, shows men obsessing over Psyche's beauty. Though Psyche possesses men fawning over her, she struggles obtaining love. Her father goes to Apollo searching for answers. Apollo tells Psyche's father what Aphrodite makes Cupid do …show more content…
Psyche holds a knife and light up to her husband while he sleeps. Seeing her normal husband, Psyche rejoices. In return, Psyche’s husband Cupid wakes up and witnesses Psyche betray his trust. Understanding the lack of trust, Cupid flees and leaves Psyche all alone. Psyche, looking for Cupid, goes to Venus seeking assistance. Psyche offers herself as a servant to Venus. In stage six, Venus sends Psyche on many tests where Psyche encounters many helpers. For the first test, Psyche sorts infinitesimal seeds with the assistance of ants. Venus then sends Psyche to obtain golden fleece sheep wool. Instead of rushing the sheep, Psyche uses the fence to catch the sheep’s wool. Angrily, Venus sends Psyche to fill a flask full of black water from the river styx. Needing wings to reach the water, an eagle swooped down and grabbed the flask to fill it for Psyche. Shocked, Venus sends Psyche on the last mission. Psyche must enter the underworld and obtain a box of beauty from Proserpine. Psyche encounters a guide in a tower who lays out the journey for Psyche. In Psyche’s inner most cave, stage seven, Psyche opens Proserpine’s box loaning to obtain more beauty for Cupid. To Psyche’s surprise, the box holds nothing. Instead, Psyche falls into a deep …show more content…
Cupid recovers from the lack of trust and goes looking for Psyche. Upon finding Psyche, Cupid wipes the sleep from Psyche’s eyes and places the sleep back into the box. Psyche completes stage nine and seizes her sword by completing the task of carrying the box back to Venus. Cupid ensures his love for Psyche. In stage ten, long road back, Cupid rushes off and pleads to Jupiter to ensure Venus leaves Cupid and Psyche alone. Jupiter then calls a meeting of the gods to state Cupid and Psyche possess an official