In The Transformation of Lucius, Otherwise Known as The Golden Ass by Apuleius, an eccentric story of piety, used Lucius as the protagonist. Inside the main story is a love story that side tracks the reader in an intermission. The forty-seven pages, divided in three parts, of Cupid and Psyche, are introduced by the old woman in the cave as a means to tell a fairy tale or two, to make the girl feel better. Cupid and Psyche tell a story, based on piety, comparable to the main story, The Golden Ass. Cupid and Psyche used Psyche as the main protagonist. The two protagonists share a common theme, the necessity of defeating obstacles. Each of the stories forced the protagonist to overcome misfortunes put in life. The misfortunes must be dealt …show more content…
Cupid gave his wife a second warning about the sister’s evil plotting, “These treacherous bitch-wolves are scheming for our destruction: they will urge you to look at my face, though I have often told you, once you see it, you lose me forever.” Psyche’s sisters convinced her that she had married a snake. A snake that preyed on pregnant women. Psyche used a lamp to illuminate her husband that night while clutching a knife to kill the monster. The lamp revealed Cupid. The lamp burned Cupid, who sprang from bed and informed her of the consequences. A violation of trust caused Cupid to fly away in fulfillment of his …show more content…
During that time, Venus turned her over to her slaves, Anxiety and Grief. Psyche is flogged and tortured her. Venus attacked Psyche tearing her clothes, pulling out handfuls of hair, and shaking her. She then gave her the task of sorting seeds as a test. If it were not for the ants helping her because she was Cupid’s wife, Psyche would not have completed the task successfully. The second task was the retrieval of a hank of gold sheep’s wool from one of the sheep in the stream. A divine breeze instructed Psyche on the successful retrieval of the golden sheep’s wool. The third task was to climb a mountain and retrieve ice cold water from the middle of a Styx, a sacred stream. Providence, Jupiter’s eagle, aided Psyche in the retrieval of the water. The last task was for Psyche to enter the Underworld and retrieve make up in a box from Queen Prosperpine. Psyche informed by the tower, who spoke as a human to her, was informed on how to successfully complete the task. However, on Psyche’s return with the box, she opened it. A cloud of sleep came out of the box, rendering her asleep on the trail. Cupid, missing Psyche, rescued her. Cupid then approached Jupiter to address the issues with Venus so that he could live happily ever after with his wife, Psyche. Jupiter obliged him by making her immortal so that the two would be together forever. Venus, in the end, accepted Psyche.
...s talk and the two sisters become awfully jealous of her. After they try to find out the truth of Psyche and her husband, they leave with some jewels. The night after the two sisters leave, Psyche can’t sleep at night and order her servants to bring her a lamp. She sneaks into her husband’s room, to find a beautiful creature with great, white folded, feathered wings. He is the son of Aphrodite’s, Eros – she says. As she quietly moves away, her oil lamp drops oil on Eros burning him and waking him up. He explains to Psyche that “mortals and gods are forbidden to marry” (p.137) that’s why she couldn’t see him and now he must go away from her. In this play we see that Pandora should’ve listened to her husband, Eros, and it caused herself bad in not listening to Eros, but we see that things can work out after something terrible occurs, such as the birth of a child.
If it doesn’t for Venus asking Cupid they would have never feel in love or for the doves poking out there eyes maybe they could have ruined Ashputtle’s wedding. If it wasn’t for the evil relatives getting punished the story wouldn’t have had a happy ending. The evil relatives added some interest to the story and it questions the reader if they both will get to be with the person that they love at the end. The happy ending was the cherry on top of the cake it had to go with the theme to never give up. Overall I feel the story wouldn’t be the same without the relatives getting punished and both of them getting to married who they
Thus, both novels, full of tragedy and sorrow, began with the promise of new land, new beginnings and a better life, but all three were impossible to find within the pages of these novels. In the end, it was broken relationships, broken families, broken communities, but most importantly, broken dreams and broken hopes that were left on the final pages of both woeful, yet celebrated, stories.
Both texts present varying ideas of journeys, as characters in both texts come to realisations about their true natures, reflect on their past choices and gain a deeper understanding into personal relationships. In both texts characters come to realisations in their journeys that create a deep understanding of many aspects of their
The quest narrative is a common method of narration present in almost every adventure story in one form or another. One key characteristic which defines all quest narratives, irrespective of type, is the search for a “Holy Grail” – symbolic of something the protagonist desires. In a quest narrative it is often appropriate to refer to the protagonist as the hero. However, despite the connotations of the word “hero” to a figure who is flawless in both form and disposition, the hero usually does not begin the story as a perfect figure; the hero must undergo a series of trials and tribulations to which the hero emerges as a changed character. It is this journey to achieve greatness that characterizes all quest narratives. “Sonny’s Blues” (1959) by James Baldwin and “Araby” (1916) by James Joyce can both be interpreted as quest narratives because they each adhere to the archetype established by quest narrative. For instance both stories have the symbolic Holy Grail that gives objectification to each protagonist’s desires. In addition there are instances in both texts of a trial that changes the protagonist’s outlook, allowing the character to achieve realization in completing his quest. In “Sonny’s Blues” and “Araby” there is a “Holy Grail”– fulfilling the role as big brother in “Sonny’s Blues” and the girl in “Araby” – and a trial that serves as the protagonist’s rebirth – the deaths of family members in “Sonny’s Blues” and the bazaar in “Araby”; these symbols make both texts quest narratives.
both stories shared similar ending and moral which is receiving enlightenment in first hand. "The
In the beginning of both of the pieces of literature, the main character(s) have not had the experience that will shape their values yet. Rather, as time moves forward in the stories, the
The shared themes in both stories are on morality, society and class, lies and deceit, and education. The theme of morality meaning knowing and doing what is believed to be right or wrong in the midst of trials. Society and class shows how flawed humanity can be, and how with humanity’s differentiating between classes, there is degradation of other’s integrity. The theme lies and deceit being based on dishonesty is the longest road to travel. Education being a theme expressing how the different levels people have on education somehow invigorates people with the idea that it is okay to treat those on a lower “scholarly” level as if they
The struggles both characters face demonstrate character development and contribute to the themes of the stories. Both short stories prove to be literally effective in that they disclose the main themes at the outset of each story. Although the themes may alter over the course of the stories, they are clearly defined in their respective introductions.
At this point, Aphrodite was enraged. She immediately scolded Cupid and told him to return to Mt. Olympus at once. As soon as the two had left, I had crawled out of the closet and started to mourn. After all of the mourning was over I had thought of a plan to get Cupid back. When Aphrodite and I walked in the meadow, she would always stop at the daisies to admire them.
The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli depicts a moment from Venus birth when she stepping, almost floating, off the seashell that was blown ashore by Zephyors along with Chloris. Horae awaits Venus arrival to shore with a large red cloak to cover her naked body .Venus is the Roman goddess of love, sex, beauty, fertility, and prostitution. Venus is the Roman Aphrodite. Born of seafoam from a singled drop of blood in to the sea from the castration of her farther Uranus by his son Saturn.
In the story of Daphne and Apollo, the chief agent of transformation is love, represented by Venus and her youthful and mischievous son, Cupid. When the god Apollo brags to Cupid of his great might exemplified by his defeat of the python, Cupid humbles him by reducing the great god to a shameless lover with his gold-tipped arrow of love. A transformation of sorts takes place when the Cupid's arrow strikes Apollo. Apollo transforms from a bragging God who claims superiority over Cupid by saying, 'You be content with your torch to excite love, whatever that may be, and do not aspire to praises that are my prerogative,';(p. 41) to a man possessed by desire. Despite his powers of strength and domination, the God of War is humbled by Love. A lesson is being taught to Apollo by Cupid. A weakness is spotlighted and exposed, and the role of Apollo is almost completely reversed. He is transformed from a figurehead of power to a crazed lover with no power over his love.
First off, one major theme that is carried throughout both stories is jealousy is dangerous. In the story of Cupid and Psyche there are plenty of examples of jealousy but some not as dangerous as others. One would be when Psyche’s sisters finally come to visit and become jealous of the extravagant lifestyle their sister gets to live and decides to ruin her marriage. They convince her that her husband is some kind of
Psyche’s sisters pressured her to spy on the creature, whom they thought was a monster, by bringing a dagger and a lamp. One night, while Cupid was asleep, Psyche turned on the lamp and prepared the dagger to strike Cupid, but she saw the most attractive creature she has ever seen. Psyche unintentionally hurt herself with Cupid’s arrow that later resulted in a deeper passion. She then woke Cupid up by spilling the oil on the lamp. Cupid then flew away (Relihan 65).