Stories of LoveStories of Love

Cupid and PsycheCupid and Psyche

Pyramus and ThisbePyramus and Thisbe

Cupid and PsycheCupid and Psyche

Characters:Characters: Psyche-the most beautiful Psyche-the most beautiful

maiden in the landmaiden in the land Cupid-the god of love Cupid-the god of love

who fell in love with who fell in love with PsychePsyche

Aphrodite-the goddess of Aphrodite-the goddess of love who was jealous of love who was jealous of PsychePsyche

PlotPlot Psyche was the most Psyche was the most

beautiful girl in the land beautiful girl in the land and because men loves and because men loves to look at her, they to look at her, they neglected the temple of neglected the temple of Aphrodite thus earning Aphrodite thus earning the ire of the goddessthe ire of the goddess

Aphrodite asked her son Aphrodite asked her son to make Psyche fall in to make Psyche fall in love with the vilest love with the vilest creature but Cupid fell in creature but Cupid fell in love with her himself and love with her himself and devised a plan to make devised a plan to make Psyche hers without his Psyche hers without his mother’s knowledgemother’s knowledge

PlotPlot

With the help of With the help of Apollo, Psyche was Apollo, Psyche was sent by her parents to sent by her parents to the mountain to meet the mountain to meet her husband who her husband who believed to be a believed to be a monstermonster

She arrived in a place She arrived in a place fit for a god and at fit for a god and at night met her night met her husbandhusband

She loved her husband She loved her husband but she was forbidden to but she was forbidden to see his facesee his face

Her sisters on their visit, Her sisters on their visit, convinced her that her convinced her that her husband was a monster husband was a monster that she must killthat she must kill

Psyche believed her Psyche believed her sisters but while acting on sisters but while acting on the plan saw how the plan saw how handsome her husband handsome her husband truly is but unfortunately, truly is but unfortunately, he was wounded by the he was wounded by the oil from her lamp and fled oil from her lamp and fled their placetheir place

PlotPlot

Psyche, wanting to find Psyche, wanting to find her husband asked her husband asked Aphrodite’s help but the Aphrodite’s help but the goddess was determined goddess was determined to make her sufferto make her suffer

She prayed for help but She prayed for help but no one wanted to help no one wanted to help her in fear of Aphrodite’s her in fear of Aphrodite’s wrathwrath

But strangely, creatures But strangely, creatures would always turn up to would always turn up to help her with her taskshelp her with her tasks

On her last task, she was On her last task, she was overcome with curiosity overcome with curiosity that she failed to follow that she failed to follow the rule but by that time, the rule but by that time, Cupid was there to Cupid was there to rescue herrescue her

She became an immortal She became an immortal and they lived happily and they lived happily ever afterever after

SettingsSettings

The palace of CupicThe palace of Cupic The forest and fieldThe forest and field underworldunderworld

ThemeTheme

Love and the Love and the importance of trustimportance of trust

The risks that a The risks that a person is willing to go person is willing to go through for lovethrough for love

Pyramus and ThisbePyramus and Thisbe

Characters:Characters: Pyramus- a Pyramus- a

handsome young handsome young man who was in love man who was in love with Thisbewith Thisbe

Thisbe- a beautiful Thisbe- a beautiful maiden who fell in maiden who fell in love with Pyramuslove with Pyramus

PlotPlot Pyramus and Thisbe are Pyramus and Thisbe are

neighbors who fell in love neighbors who fell in love with each otherwith each other

Their parents had Their parents had forbidden their love so forbidden their love so they found a hole in the they found a hole in the wall that separate their wall that separate their househouse

They talk in whispers on They talk in whispers on their walltheir wall

They devised a plan They devised a plan to runaway together to runaway together decided to meet by decided to meet by the mulberry treethe mulberry tree

Thisbe arrived first Thisbe arrived first but the lioness but the lioness chased her and bit chased her and bit her shawl into piecesher shawl into pieces

Pyramus arrived later Pyramus arrived later only to find the shawl only to find the shawl and believed that and believed that Thisbe was dead so Thisbe was dead so he stabbed himself to he stabbed himself to deathdeath

Thisbe came back Thisbe came back only to see her lover’s only to see her lover’s lifeless body so she lifeless body so she also killed herselfalso killed herself

SettingsSettings

The story took place The story took place in the city of Babylonin the city of Babylon

They arranged to They arranged to meet near Ninus’ meet near Ninus’ tombtomb

ThemeTheme

Star-crossed lovers Star-crossed lovers and their ill-fated storyand their ill-fated story

The value of finding The value of finding out the truth before out the truth before acting hastilyacting hastily