Cupid

In the Greek myth “Cupid and Psyche,” from Edith Hamilton’s Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, there are many aspects of the myth that are similar to the fairy tales such as “Little Snow White”, “Little-Brier Rose”, and “Cinderella” found in Kinder und Hausmärchen by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. These similar aspects are jealousy revolving around the magnitude of beauty, curiosity causing the main characters to fall asleep and to be saved by love, and the help of animals to complete impossible tasks. In “Little Snow White” and in “Cupid and Psyche,” the main characters are supposed to be thrown into terrible situations because powerful women are jealous of their surpassing beauty. When the evil queen in “Little Snow White” finds out…

Another quote in unit 2, pages 17-50, was about "cupid." Cupid is known for being the flying baby with wings that are white as snow and carries around a sack of arrows to shoot at women or men to make them fall instantly in love. In the novel, it states,"Evil his heart, but honey sweet his tongue, No truth in him,the rogue . He is cruel in his play. Small are his hands, yet his arrows fly far as death. Tiny his shaft, but it carries heaven-high. Touch not his treacherous gifts, they are dipped…

Psyche was youngest and most beautiful daughter of a king and queen. She was so beautiful that her beauty out shown Aphrodite’s. This angered the goddess, who sent her son, Eros the god of love, to make Psyche fall in love with a monster. When Eros saw her, he was enamored with her and accidentally pierced himself with one of his arrows, falling in love instantly. Meanwhile, Psyche, while admired by all, was not truly loved by anyone and ended up being sad and alone. To solve this, she went to…

This myth displays the fact that trust is a great part of a relationship. Without trust in your partner, then the relationship can never really mature and grow. Trust is something Cupid believes should be largely integrated into his relationship with Psyche. The idea of trust. The Greek gods largely integrate trust into many concepts/myths and in Cupids mind, he believes that a relationship can’t be built on doubt which is why he ran from Psyche when she had managed to see him. This side of…

(leopard print)…saying, “Ben… BEN.. I am so FUCKING board..… BEEENN… “Yes Cupid?”.. lets look for Jeremy… “Cupid.. I have things to do”… yea Ben.. turning up the radio at this point…. Ben you are fucking free… the only thing you need or “HAVE” to do is find JEREMY KRUGER…..Find that sexy beast that you are going to marry and fuck the shit out of every day of the rest of YOUR LIFE!!!!.... you SEXY BITCHES!!!!”… he starts giggling uncontrolablly and holding his chubby belly... “cupid you are such…

A reader then understands that there are no forces that can stop these transformations from occurring because change is inevitable. Continuing, Ovid tells the story of Apollo and Daphne. Apollo infuriates Cupid when they get into an argument. It began when Apollo asks Cupid why he would have a bow when it only “befits [his] brawn,” making Cupid outraged at the ridicule (Ovid 655). Cupid retaliates by shooting two arrows, one hitting Apollo and the other hitting Daphne. His vengeance causes “one…

This painting depicts the sorceress, Armida with her vibrant red cape billowing in the wind putting a limp army dressed Rinaldo under a spell while a naked nymph comes out of rushing waters and while cupid fly’s above in the gloomy clouds. Rinaldo and Armida was painted by Sir Anthony Van Dyck in 1629. The painting is based off of the poem, Jersalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso. The scene takes place during the First Crusade. Jerusalem is being overthrown by the Romans. Armida is a sorceress who…

The Greek myth “Cupid and Psyche” shares many similarities with the Brother’s Grimm fairytale, “ Cinderella”. Both stories feature the predominant female character being held back from something she cares about by a jealous, older woman, ousted from her rightful position of power in a family, and completing impossible tasks with help from others. In the story “Cupid and Psyche”, Cupid’s jealous mother, Venus, holds Psyche back from her love, Cupid. When Psyche comes to Venus searching for…

Day just behind us, we are reminded of love and when we think of the character that best represents love the first thing that comes to mind is Cupid. You can’t go to a store during the holiday season without seeing the image of Cupid on cards, stuffed toys, candy boxes, and flower vases. Cupid was one of the minor Roman Gods. Although we don’t know his exact birth we do know he was born on Mount Olympus, Cupid is the son of Venus and Mercury. Venus is the goddess of love and Mercury is the…

Cupid is emblematic of the constancy of the sonneteer’s love as induced by the female object. As the sonnets progress, he becomes the object of her attention and her criticism, before she finally moves away from both Venus (Wroth, Crown Sonnet 9) wherein she rejects him for her “sunne”, and Cupid (Sonnet 103) (who seems to become a sort of surrogate for her love interest, as well as the representative of her own desire) to a higher form of love that transcends both passion and longing . Shift…