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    Psyche is the most beautiful woman who Venus becomes jealous of. Cupid accidentally falls in love with Psyche instead of making her fall for an unworthy man as Venus planned. Psyche's sisters plant doubts in her mind about her mysterious husband, leading Psyche to betray Cupid's trust. After completing difficult tasks to redeem herself, Psyche and Cupid are reunited and she becomes immortal.

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    Psyche is the most beautiful woman who Venus becomes jealous of. Cupid accidentally falls in love with Psyche instead of making her fall for an unworthy man as Venus planned. Psyche's sisters plant doubts in her mind about her mysterious husband, leading Psyche to betray Cupid's trust. After completing difficult tasks to redeem herself, Psyche and Cupid are reunited and she becomes immortal.

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    Psyche is the most beautiful woman who Venus becomes jealous of. Cupid accidentally falls in love with Psyche instead of making her fall for an unworthy man as Venus planned. Psyche's sisters plant doubts in her mind about her mysterious husband, leading Psyche to betray Cupid's trust. After completing difficult tasks to redeem herself, Psyche and Cupid are reunited and she becomes immortal.

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    Cupid and Psyche Questions

    1. How does Psyche compare in beauty with her sisters?

    -Psyche is the youngest and most beautiful of her two sisters. Psyche is so beautiful that one
    cannot even begin to describe her beauty. People come from all over just to see Psyche and they
    refer to her as Venus herself.

    2. What plan does Venus have for Psyche?

    -Venus plans to have her son Cupid fly down into her room and put a potion on her that would
    make her fall in love with an unworthy man. Venus does this because she is both angered and
    jealous of Psyche for getting praised when she is only a mortal.

    3. What happens when Cupid meets Psyche?

    -When Cupid meets Psyche he is stunned by her beauty and touches her with his arrow. When he
    touches her side with his arrow she wakes up startled and Cupid accidentally pokes himself with
    his own arrow, making himself fall in love with Psyche and not an unworthy man.

    4. How does “the mildest of winds” help Psyche?

    -“The mildest of winds” helps Psyche because she believes her parents when they consult the
    oracle of Apollo and goes up to the mountain and comes across a beautiful place. Psyche is
    surrounded by servants and has a husband without even having to do anything.

    5. When and why does Cupid appear to Psyche?

    -Cupid would only appear in the hours of darkness and he would flee before dawn of the
    morning because he did not want Psyche to see him.

    6. How do her sisters create doubts about Psyche’s future husband?

    -Her sister’s find out that Psyche had never seen her husband so they plant in her mind that he
    must be a monster. They tell her if she doesn’t believe them that she should find out herself in
    the middle of the night with a lamp and a sharp knife and if he is a monster to cut off his head.

    7. What are the consequences of Psyche’s betrayal?

    -When Psyche betrays her husband he gets out of bed and flies away. He tells Psyche that she is
    foolish and should have never questioned his love or believed her sister when they thought him
    to be a monster. Cupid punishes Psyche by leaving her alone to wander confused and lost.

    8. To what lengths does Psyche go to make amends?


    -Psyche goes to Venus herself and voluntarily surrenders herself to her and asks for forgiveness
    in the hope that she will be reunited with her husband again. Venus puts Psyche through a
    number of tasks that she completes with the helps of others, but nonetheless does everything she
    was asked to do.

    9. How does the myth end?

    -In the end Cupid recovers from his wound he had and flies down to rescue Psyche from
    unconsciousness after opening the box of beauty. Cupid asks Mercury to bring Psyche up to the
    heavenly assembly and make her immortal. Psyche becomes immortal and united with Cupid
    again. Cupid and Psyche later have a daughter, Pleasure.

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