I am surprised to say that I actually really enjoyed the
first half of Apuleius's Cupid and Psyche.
The beginning started out kind of slow but when the story of Cupid and
Psyche began the reading became a million times better. The similarities
between Cupid and Psyche’s story and the Beast and Belle’s love story is what
drew me to this story but, I think I may prefer Cupid and Psyche to Beast(Adam
in his human form) and Belle.
No fairytale is complete without an evil villain and there
is no better villain than the evil sisters/ stepsisters. I do not know why I like
evil sisters/stepsisters (maybe because I am an only child) but I really
enjoyed Psyche’s sisters. Nothing gets a villain’s wrath going better than
jealousy. Psyche’s sisters’ evil scheme was a bit extreme but, when the green
monster of envy strikes, it can make you do some crazy things. I found myself
becoming angry with Psyche as she started to fall for her sisters’ tricks. I
understand being loyal to family but I just couldn’t believe that she would so
easily believe her sisters’ lies about Cupid. If Psyche’s husband really wanted
to harm her, then he would have done it a long time ago. Psyche’s naivety was
frustrating at times but, naivety is a typical trait among damsels in classic
fairytales. I was glad to see that Psyche did finally stand up to her sisters
and get her revenge by tricking them just like they tricked her.
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