Cupid
and Psyche
The
Captive Woman
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The description of hunger and starvation: aching jaw, draped in cobwebs,
drowsiness
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"Don't fear for your life or honor, just 'bear' with our need for
money: necessity and poverty led us to this profession." They cared for
the girls feeling enough to try and soothe her.
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She's a spoiled brat, then the old woman is tired of her attitude and
threatens the girl to cease her crying
Her
Dream
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The initial reason for her crying, in a long winded lamented of
everything she was losing in her moment of kidnapping. The second reason she
started crying is a dream of her fiancé being murdered.
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Daytime dreams are untrue: dreams of evil deeds, nightmares, sorrows
turn out to be the opposite with good cheer and happiness while dreams of
laughter, love-making, good things suggest loss and sorrow instead.
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The first two sections were interludes to Cupid and Psyche's story. This
was reflected from one of the projects I reviewed in my Favorite Storybook’s post .
Psyche's
Beauty
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Earth and ocean descriptions as conversing and sentient beings.
- The
actual goddess was abandoned due to Psyche’s beauty and misunderstanding of
identity.
- Jealously
of a god/goddess is never a good think (and so immature).
- Cupids
is a delinquent, and he’s going to fall head over heels in love with Psyche
The
Oracle of Apollo
- The
prettiest daughter is not asked to be married, they only admire her for her
looks.
- “Need
to obey the divine command.” The flip of a wedding to a funeral due to the
gods’ cruel sense of humor.
- Despite
knowing she will ultimately cause the destruction of the world she willingly
accepts her fate, form what I can tell.
The Magical Palace
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A wealthy and beautiful palace, is still a shimmering prison.
The
Mysterious Husband
- “Not even Cupid could compare to you.” The
statement is complete foreshadowing!
- No
one can with stand a woman’s loving word and touch, not even a god.
The
Jealousy of Psyche's Sisters
- Her
sister’s jealousy is why Psyche’s husband warned her not to entertain them.
- The
sisters remind me of the wicked step-sisters from the Cinderella tale.
Psyche's
Husband Warns Her
- Women’s
envy is described as a battleground, a vicious war with no winner.
- Sweet
words once again bewitch Psyche’s husband.
Fears
and Doubts
- "Now hurried to
the cliff, and with wild recklessness, not waiting for the attendant breeze,
flung themselves into the air."
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Jealous women are manipulative and awful.
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She must be extremely young to have forgotten her husband's warning of
her sisters; and must not have had high confidence in her husband to begin with
if she fell to prey to those fears and doubts.
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When the sisters said, "Carrying all the treasure back with us,
we'll see you joined in proper marriage vows." Psyche should have known
something was amiss, but considering the points I made above, I'm not too
surprised by her lack of intelligence.
Psyche's Husband Revealed
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"Only for you to think me some savage monster and sever my head
with a sword, a head that bears the very eyes that love you." I fell in
love with this sign, I can feel the despair in Cupid's voice.
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How ironic they both pricked themselves with Cupid's arrows.
Psyche's
Despair
- The sisters' deaths were quite satisfying and ironic since they through themselves off the cliff in false hope that Cupid would catch them since his servants had before, but only because Psyche begged her husband to do so.
- The sisters' deaths were quite satisfying and ironic since they through themselves off the cliff in false hope that Cupid would catch them since his servants had before, but only because Psyche begged her husband to do so.
(Cupid and Psyche by Alicechan; from Web Source.)
Bibliography: Cupid and Psyche by Apuleius from Web Source
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