The story of Psyche and Cupid is an interesting one because I
am sure it had inadvertently had an effect on so many different romantic
stories over the years is it is one of the oldest myths or stories told about
the issues that can come about in the name of beauty and love. Psyche was one
of three daughters to a king and queen, she even out of her beautiful sisters,
was incredibly pretty. For this reason, many people began to think she was the
second embodiment of Venus and began to worship her rather than the famous
almighty Venus. Out of jealously and rage, Venus sends Cupid on a mission to
spite Psyche but upon seeing Psyche, Cupid falls in love with her. Cupid does
not curse her, but she still does not marry anyone even after her sisters had. Her
parents consult an oracle to see what the problem was, he prophesized that she
was going to end up marrying some sort of not-man monster. Eventually, Cupid
makes his presence known to Psyche and they fall in love. Though the sisters do
not believe it at first, the truth of the forbidden love comes out in the end
and Psyche and Cupid end up together.
There are so many true love stories written today, it’s hard
to point just one out. I guess what always first comes to mind when someone
mentions “true love” is the timeless, more than just famous, play Romeo and Juliet. In Shakespeare’s,
arguably, most famous work, we are shown two young birds falling in love in
just a short period of time, but the love being worth dying for. Now, there are
many spin-offs of love stories, but I think many follow the premise of these
very famous stories. Romeo and Juliet
has to be one of the greatest influences on these new stories.
Look how many times Romeo
and Juliet has been interpreted!
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