Cupid and Psyche

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Psyche at the end of the story shows how she is a female character who takes a male hero role. She performs these difficult tasks Venus makes her do which are traditionally performed by males and overcomes the impossible obstacles. Psyche breaks the expectations that women cannot succeed in male activities by accomplishing each and every single one of them. She also shows how she fought for her marriage which was not a likely thing to happen. She did everything possible for her husband which shows commitment. She shows how women can do things typically done by males and be successful. Even though she did receive help when performing these tasks, it still demonstrates the strength of her as a female. By completing these male goals it also is an example of masculinity in the story.
Masculinity in “Cupid and Psyche” is displayed as well through one of the main characters Cupid. Cupid demonstrates his masculinity by being a little demanding over Psyche. He does not let her physically see him and when they sleep next to each other she is still not allowed to know what he looks like. When she betrays him, he leaves her. Women were not allowed to disobey their husbands or any males in reality. They were supposed to follow their orders and even though they were not married just yet, she loses his trust. Which causes her to go to his mother to ask for forgiveness. This ties in when Psyche demonstrates all these masculinity characteristics. The father shows masculinity by doing whatever he can for his daughters. He desperately asks Apollo what should be done in order for Psyche to find someone to be with. This exhibits how caring he is over Psyche and how father figures normally did everything possible for their children.
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...ings for each other. This allows you to see how much of a strong bond they share.
In “Cupid and Psyche” there are many themes displayed including obtaining equals roles, having to work hard at love, and letting it grow are some of the main ones. By Cupid and Psyche obtaining equal roles in their relationship, this helped them go back to each other and have their marriage work out. Psyche fought for Cupid and displayed to him her love. Cupid on the other hand was willing to suck up his pride and go back to her even though she had betrayed him. They both worked hard at their love and let it grow. By having their love grow it shows that if you work hard at something you want, you can achieve sometimes. You need to make sacrifices and risks and overcome obstacles in order to build a relationship. Once you build it and work at it, everything else shall fall into place.

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