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Stories of LoveStories of Love
Cupid and PsycheCupid and Psyche
Pyramus and ThisbePyramus and Thisbe
Cupid and PsycheCupid and Psyche
Characters:Characters: Psyche-the most beautiful Psyche-the most beautiful
maiden in the landmaiden in the land Cupid-the god of love Cupid-the god of love
who fell in love with who fell in love with PsychePsyche
Aphrodite-the goddess of Aphrodite-the goddess of love who was jealous of love who was jealous of PsychePsyche
PlotPlot Psyche was the most Psyche was the most
beautiful girl in the land and beautiful girl in the land and because men loves to look because men loves to look at her, they neglected the at her, they neglected the temple of Aphrodite thus temple of Aphrodite thus earning the ire of the earning the ire of the goddessgoddess
Aphrodite asked her son to Aphrodite asked her son to make Psyche fall in love make Psyche fall in love with the vilest creature but with the vilest creature but Cupid fell in love with her Cupid fell in love with her himself and devised a plan himself and devised a plan to make Psyche hers to make Psyche hers without his mother’s without his mother’s knowledgeknowledge
PlotPlot
With the help of With the help of Apollo, Psyche was Apollo, Psyche was sent by her parents to sent by her parents to the mountain to meet the mountain to meet her husband who her husband who believed to be a believed to be a monstermonster
She arrived in a place She arrived in a place fit for a god and at fit for a god and at night met her night met her husbandhusband
She loved her husband She loved her husband but she was forbidden to but she was forbidden to see his facesee his face
Her sisters on their visit, Her sisters on their visit, convinced her that her convinced her that her husband was a monster husband was a monster that she must killthat she must kill
Psyche believed her Psyche believed her sisters but while acting on sisters but while acting on the plan saw how the plan saw how handsome her husband handsome her husband truly is but unfortunately, truly is but unfortunately, he was wounded by the he was wounded by the oil from her lamp and fled oil from her lamp and fled their placetheir place
PlotPlot
Psyche, wanting to find Psyche, wanting to find her husband asked her husband asked Aphrodite’s help but the Aphrodite’s help but the goddess was determined goddess was determined to make her sufferto make her suffer
She prayed for help but She prayed for help but no one wanted to help no one wanted to help her in fear of Aphrodite’s her in fear of Aphrodite’s wrathwrath
But strangely, creatures But strangely, creatures would always turn up to would always turn up to help her with her taskshelp her with her tasks
On her last task, she was On her last task, she was overcome with curiosity overcome with curiosity that she failed to follow that she failed to follow the rule but by that time, the rule but by that time, Cupid was there to Cupid was there to rescue herrescue her
She became an immortal She became an immortal and they lived happily and they lived happily ever afterever after
SettingsSettings
The palace of CupicThe palace of Cupic The forest and fieldThe forest and field underworldunderworld
ThemeTheme
Love and the Love and the importance of trustimportance of trust
The risks that a The risks that a person is willing to go person is willing to go through for lovethrough for love
Pyramus and ThisbePyramus and Thisbe
Characters:Characters: Pyramus- a Pyramus- a
handsome young handsome young man who was in love man who was in love with Thisbewith Thisbe
Thisbe- a beautiful Thisbe- a beautiful maiden who fell in maiden who fell in love with Pyramuslove with Pyramus
PlotPlot Pyramus and Thisbe are Pyramus and Thisbe are
neighbors who fell in love neighbors who fell in love with each otherwith each other
Their parents had Their parents had forbidden their love so forbidden their love so they found a hole in the they found a hole in the wall that separate their wall that separate their househouse
They talk in whispers on They talk in whispers on their walltheir wall
They devised a plan They devised a plan to runaway together to runaway together decided to meet by decided to meet by the mulberry treethe mulberry tree
Thisbe arrived first Thisbe arrived first but the lioness but the lioness chased her and bit chased her and bit her shawl into piecesher shawl into pieces
Pyramus arrived later Pyramus arrived later only to find the shawl only to find the shawl and believed that and believed that Thisbe was dead so Thisbe was dead so he stabbed himself to he stabbed himself to deathdeath
Thisbe came back Thisbe came back only to see her lover’s only to see her lover’s lifeless body so she lifeless body so she also killed herselfalso killed herself
SettingsSettings
The story took place The story took place in the city of Babylonin the city of Babylon
They arranged to They arranged to meet near Ninus’ meet near Ninus’ tombtomb
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