Psyche

Faces is the tale of Cupid and Psyche retold through Psyche’s sister, Orual’s perspective. Unlike the envy, malevolent sister in the original myth, Orual’s abusive manners are driven by her “love”. Through the destructive impact of Orual’s love, Lewis delivers his message that possessive…

he was known as Eros the young son of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. To the Roman's, he was Cupid and his mother was Venus. In Roman mythology, there is a very interesting story about Cupid and His mortal Bride Psyche. Venus was jealous of the beauty of Psyche and ordered Cupid to punish the mortal. But instead, Cupid fell deeply in love with her and took her as his wife. But…

C.S. Lewis craftily repaints the myth of Cupid and Psyche…

If there is one thing that is universally known and understood, it is love. Love can be that rush of euphoria when someone comes around the corner, or it can be the deep connection one feels for the ones that have been around them nearly their whole life. But overarchingly, love is known as the reason to live. Many books and movies implement love into their texts, as it enhances the book’s plot and hold peoples’ attention. However, books rarely show different contrasting types of love, like…

receives it from the god of the mountain: “[having a husband] makes me love more – why, it makes me love everyone and everything – more” (TWHF, 159). The god of the mountain completes gift-love in Psyche: “divine gift-love in the man enables him to love what is naturally not lovable” (TFL, 128). Psyche receives a full understanding of love when she gives love as well as receives it; in order to have the proper understanding of love, one must first recognize his need to receive. Orual’s pride…

Veronica Roth’s Divergent filmed by Neil Burger, the effects of an unbalanced psyche is evident and personified by the faction system. The people of this world are divided by basic human traits and oppressed if they do not conform or fit in. Therefore, through the course of the movie, the faction system corrupts the idea of a healthy mindset. To begin, the people in the world of Divergent are divided by various psyches. In the intial exposition of the factions, Beatrice states about Abnegation,…

the human psyche had multiple parts or layers, three to be exact. In the Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses psychological allegory to illustrate that people who are exposed to a society with no structure have their true human psyche comes out. This comes in these three forms: Id, Superego, and Ego. In Lord of the Flies, after the group of boys had been stranded on the island for a number of days, certain boys’ true personalities were revealed. One of these boys whose inner psyche is shown…

socially, settling on choices and sorting out arrangements. The relationship between the psyche and the mind are one, yet unique. The cerebrum is the physical part of the psyche and the brain is the neurologically part of the mind. The cerebrum is the partition of the vertebrate focal sensory system that is encased inside the head, ceaseless with the spinal line, and made out of dim…

Psyche told her sisters about Cupid and how she is in love with a guy that she has never seen but has only heard speak. Psyche was compelled by her sisters to take a look at Cupid because they made her believe that he was a monster. Cupid warned Psyche of her sister’s jealousy and told her not to listen to them. He tried to tell her that they are upset and that she has a love that they do not have. Her sisters led her to believe that cupid is a monster and convinces Psyche to kill cupid…

frequently, yoga is just in part comprehended as being restricted to asanas (yoga postures). In that capacity, its advantages are just seen to be at the body level and we neglect to understand the monstrous advantages yoga offers in joining the body, psyche and breath. When you are in amicability, the adventure through life is more quiet, more content and all the more satisfying. With this and considerably more to offer, the advantages of yoga are felt in a significant yet unpretentious way.…