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    Cupid, being known for love, has greatly influenced today’s society even with his questionable background. In ancient Greece, he originated from Aphrodite. Cupid’s other name was Eros. In Roman times, his name is Cupid and his mother was Venus. His purpose was to to pierce the heart of his victims and causing them fall deeply in love. The most known stories that he was involved in was Apollo and Daphne and Cupid and Psyche. Apollo was shot by Cupid and fell in love with Daphne. Daphne couldn’t stand

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    Eros/ Cupid Cupid or Eros was the God of Love. Cupid’s physical description would be classified as two different things. He could be known as a blue eyed blonde man. Or known as a brunet brown eyed man. His dwelling place was the sky. Cupid was born by Jupiter and Venus. Cupid’s habits were shooting people with arrows to make them fall in love. Cupid’s habits were that he was able to fly and he was able to make people fall in love. Cupid was not related to many people. Cupid’s parents were as

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    “Cupid and Psyche” Analytic Response EssayMiranda MancillasJames Madison High SchoolThe story “Cupid and Psyche” ,retold by Sally Benson, is a wonderful story. There are many uses of figurative language in the story. Sally Benson’s version of the story is about a young girl who is more beautiful than the Roman goddess of love and beauty herself, Venus. Benson uses very good literary terms to recreate the amazing story. There are a few characters that are mentioned that are seen as symbols. In the

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    Cupid and Psyche has been evaluated as being an unnerving and awkward version of the myth. David’s painting depicts a vulgar and adolescent Cupid as he is sneaking away just before sunrise. Traditionally, the god of love would be presented as an idealized and noble youth; however, in this painting David chose to show a ruddy juvenile who sneers at the observer as if to display his conquest. Cupid lacks the elegance and beautiful youthfulness, usually attributed to the gods in art; in fact, David

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    Analytic Response of Cupid and PsycheCupid and Psyche retold by Sally Benson is a famous Ancient Greco-Roman myth. The story begins with a king and queen who have three daughters. The youngest daughter, Psyche, is of such exceptional beauty that “the poverty of language is unable to give her due praise.” People travel to her, proclaiming the girl is the second coming of Aphrodite, and make offerings to her instead of the Goddess herself. Aphrodite, the Goddess of love and beauty, becomes jealous

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    The Story of Cupid and Psyche first appeared in the book Metamorphoses by Apuleius, written between 124-170 AD. The story deals with many themes prevalent in tales from classical antiquity, including love, challenging trials, and interference from the gods. It tells the tale of a love story between a mortal woman and a god. Psyche is the youngest daughter of an unnamed king and queen, renowned for her beauty, while Cupid (also known as Eros in Roman mythology) is the son of the goddess Venus, and

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    The story of Cupid and Psyche is a classic Greek myth about gods and goddesses interacting with mortals, The Tale of Cupid and Psyche was written by Lucius Apuleius and is located in his book The Golden Ass. This tale is one of the first “Beauty and the Beast”esque stories. Aside from Beauty and the Beast, Rebecca (1940) directed by Alfred Hitchcock shares many similarities and motifs. The love story within this thriller of Maxime de Winters and I (the new Mrs. de Winters) is comparable to that of

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    The tale of Cupid and Psyche is a 2nd century AD love story written by Apuleius with many twists and turns between a mortal and one of three daughters to a king; “Psyche” and of “Cupid”; the God of desire. Psyche is a beautiful woman with many worshippers and is often compared to the Goddess Venus. This offends Venus and she sends Cupid (her son) to revenge her name by making her fall in love with someone dreadful but instead he falls in love with her by pricking himself with his own arrow. Time

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    Cupid Wounding Psyche is a mesmerizing painting on exhibition at LACMA. Depicted are four characters in wonderfully painted scenery resting on top of beautiful textiles but also above the clouds. The scene the artist imagines in the painting could indicate the moment the beautiful maiden wakes from her sleep after being touched by an arrow. The painting features Cupid (Eros) the god of love, sex, and desire and Psyche, a mortal princess who becomes his spouse. Cupid, a young god depicted in his twenties

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    Literary Analysis for Psyche and Cupid 1.The story of Cupid and Psyche retold by Sally Benson is a very intersting story. A few things we should know about this story is, it is about Venus the goddes of love, Cupid her son, and Psyche a Gourgous woman, blessed with unmersable beauty! A goddes jealous of a mortal women. A mortal women cursed by a God. Cupid the clumsy son of Venus which begain to unfold the events that take place in this story. This story consists of drama, jealousy, love, hardship

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