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Cupid and Psyche: Part 1 |
Cupid was ordered by his mother, Venus to wound Psyche who was radiantly beautiful. As Venus' plans go wrong, Cupid and Psyche become husband and wife. However, Psyche not being able to resist the suspicion, Psyche decides to take the advice of her sisters to break the trust and kill Cupid to gain his wealth and riches. So amazes at his beauty, she wakes him, and ends up losing Cupid because he was betrayed by the love he had given to her. The moral of the Greek Myth, Cupid and Psyche would be things may not go as planned. We can see this moral in this myth because Venus' plans of punishing Psyche for her beauty didn't go as planned. For Cupid was stunned by Psyche's beauty, not allowing him to practice his mother's orders. I think this myth tries to answer the life mystery of what happens to you if you do not keep a promise or break the trust someone has given you. This may vary in situations, however, it is most likely that you would have serious consequences following. In this myth, it answers this mystery by saying you will have consequences following. In Cupid and Psyche, you can see Psyche who lost everything, including her husband because she broke the trust given to her and she had failed to keep the promise. By reading this Greek myth, we can assume that the Greeks value trust, and expect the other to trust them back. People reading this myth should realize that it is normally right to trust somebody, however, in some situations it is also right to be suspicious. Although, some people in life might use trust in a negative way, I think all the readers should learn or realize that it is right to return trust that is given to you.
