The Tale “Cupid and Psyche” has
many similarities to the Grimm tale, “The Frog King”. There are also many differences between each
story but both have similar themes, that every body has a good and ugly side to
them. This presented through the frog or
beast and through the personalities change in the youngest daughter.
Each story consists of three
daughters and the youngest daughter is the most beautiful of the three. The daughter is forced to marry a certain
person in whom they cannot see for what they truly are. For example, in Grimm’s story the frog is
looked at as hideous but evidently turns into a prince. In the Psyche mortal eyes making Psyche
believe that cupid is a monster cannot see story cupid. Psyche realizes that he is fact the
opposite. This demonstrates the theme of
everyone having an ugly and a good side.
The Psyche story goes into a lot
more detail than the Grimm tale. The
Psyche tale describes the emotions of each character in more detail and has a
longer story line than Grimm’s. I think
this is due to the different intended audiences. Psyche is designed for an older audience with
knowledge of the gods presented. Grimm’s
tale is for a younger audience and is simplified so that no knowledge is needed
before reading the story.
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