Cupid and Psyche

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…

During ancient Rome women were to be good wives. Being a good wife includes loving one’s husband, being loyal and obedient, doing duties, and being chaste, while not desiring freedom or being critical. Apuleius presents female characters in his novel The Golden Ass that both contradict and coincide with the positive and negative models of women found in ancient sources. The story of Psyche and Cupid within the larger novel reinforces the positive traits such as obedience and loyalty. Within 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…

surroundings. In the story of Cupid and Psyche it seems as though fate is already drawn out for Psyche, even though if she were in charge of her actions, the choice would clearly point her in the opposite direction of the events that happened. Then, in Epicurus’s Letter to Menoeceus choices are regarded highly in the turn of events to occur. Choices and fate are actually something made up by humans to feel more comfortable about the events of life and their outcomes. People are raised to know…

Fairytales have long had a role in the socialization of children into society. Several of these tales focus on the theme of curiosity, but curiosity and its evaluation can take on different roles depending on the story. In order to fully analyze curiosity’s role in fairytales, it’s helpful to look at some examples, in particular, “Fitcher’s Bird” and “The Story of Cupid and Psyche”. In discussing these tales, I hope to examine what curiosity represents, the link between curiosity and…

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…

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…

Shelley, Shelley explores how the human mind reacts to its environment, especially human influences. Her main instrument used to illustrate the relationship between the mind and the environment is the character of the “monster”, a creature who is arguably human created by Victor Frankenstein with a horrifying appearance. This being will be referred to as Carl for the sake of simplicity as well as to emphasize the close relationship between the creature and humanity. Carl is revealed over the…

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…

Relationshipis the bondage in which the Indian society prevails. Githa Hariharan being an Indian women writer has written many novels and short stories. In all her novels she deals with the theme of social, political issues. She also deals with problems faced by women in Indian society. One another theme is relationship. In all her novels, she deals with some kind of relationship. In the novel The Ghosts of Vasu Master Hariharan deals with the relationship between a teacher and a student. She…