Cupid and Psyche

Diana Faith Mendoza IV-Bonifacio\

Cupid and Psyche

Psyche, the prettiest mortal girl, is the daughter of a king and queen with two older sisters. Her looks are so enticing that all men and women come to see her beauty. Some even claim that she is prettier than the Greek Goddess of love. However, all the attention that Psyche receives does not fulfill her desire to fall in love and find a hand in marriage. Aphrodite notices that she is being outshone by a mere mortal and she becomes jealous thus ordering her son, Cupid, to shoot Psyche with his arrow so she falls in love with an ugly monster. Cupid agrees to do so and visits Psyche at night. The moment he shines his light upon the sleeping mortal, he becomes so startled by her beauty that he shoots himself with his own arrow and instantly falls in love with her. Meanwhile, being unfavored by Aphrodite, Psyche becomes distanced from finding her true love. Her parents notice this and become worried that she will never marry as their intentions. They visit with the God of Truth, Apollo, and he tells how she is destined to marry a monster on the top of a mountain. Filled with aggravation, her parents tell her and she agrees to deal with her given destiny. So Psyche ascends the mountain and awaits her husband to be. Upon that mountain she is catered to her every need and practically lives the life of luxury. With her new life, she can only meet with her husband at night in the dark and he remains unseen. What she does not know is that Cupid is actually the one who visits her every night as he is entranced by her. But Psyche is to believe that she is meeting with the monster that lives upon the mountain. Cupid asks her to not to doubt their love simply because she cannot see his face and she agrees. As time progresses she begins to miss her family and requests that her two sisters come up and visit her. Zephyr brings them up to the mountain and they plant doubt into Psyche’s mind saying that her husband is an ugly...