Archetypes In The Relatable Cupid And Psyche

Do famous stories tie in their audiences by archetypes? The secret to all well known fables is mimicking the type of people seen in everyday situations. The threshold guardian, hero, and temptress are the archetypes in these stories that help the readers allay boredom.

One form of archetype is the threshold guardian which usually challenged the main character. In the fable Cupid and Psyche, a threshold guardian appeared in the form of a task, “i will make trial of your housewifery.” (Bensen,) Venus challenged Psyche to complete laborious tasks, even though she did not terminate them on her own. This makes the story relatable by including a daily challenge people might endure in life, explaining the popularity. Beauty from Beauty and the Beast exclaimed, “ I will deliver myself up to all his fury,” ( Beaumont,) in response to her threshold guardian which was sacrificing herself for her father. This fable gains its popularity by relating to the audience’s feelings towards their parents. In other words, relatable archetypes are a great way to gain a mass audience.

Every memorable story has a hero, epic and tragic.

Charlatan or not. “That is the true bride!” (Brothers,) the prince from Cinderella aid after saving Cinderella from her cruel family. Sadly enough people will relate to this story and enjoy it to allay pain from their everyday life. Beauty saved her dear father from a furious beast, a challenged, only a hero can manage to complete, “it would be very needless, for my father shall not suffer upon my account.” (Beaumont,) After the eye opening statement Beauty shared, the readers might have been inspired to go against stereotypes involved with being a hero. These short stories are famed for giving characters an opportunity, through the

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The well known and recognizable temptress haunts our hero with good looks. “ I must see this beautiful princess!” (Anderson,) prince charming in The Little Mermaid saud after being hypnotized by the beauty of a temptress whom was not his rescuer. “He turned his horse around and took the false bride home again.” (Brothers,) the stepsisters in Cinderella are failed temptresses, they try to make the prince like them with their beauty so he can ignore the fact that the shoe doesn’t fit! The temptress shows up in many short stories reeling in the readers for an interesting moment.
“They cried and laughed.” (Brothers,) Some might decide that the reason these stories are showered in fame is because of their life lesson. Cinderella can showcase an example of “treat others the way you would like them to treat you,” but the reason for fame is the archetypes, without the threshold guardian Cinderella might have never been the girl she became, sturdy and tough, “pecked out one eye from each of them.” (Brothers,) All in all, the fables that are told around campfires are most certainly enjoyed because of familiarness due to archetypes.
The three archetypes threshold guardian, temptress, and hero are what initially strike a flame in fame for these short stories. The reason is not the life lesson, but the archetypes that are studied and viewed in our life. Next time Cinderella is heard people will connect the dots and realize it's all about the archetypes.