Psyche's Two Examples Of Climax In Antigone

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Where I see climax in the story is when Psyche's two sisters tempted Psyche to kill Cupid her husband they said quote “they knew for a fact, that her husband was not a man, but the fearful serpent Apollo's oracle had declared he would be.” Then the two told Psyche what to do which was to hide a knife and a candle at her bedside, then wait till her husband is asleep, light the candle or lamp go to his bedside to see if he is a serpent then kill him and they would be near and she could go with them, after this Psyche was left in confusion and doubt with herself, for example in the story it said “Then they left her torn by doubt and distracted what to do. She loved him, he was her dear husband. No; he was a horrible serpent and she loathed …show more content…

If you already knew Venus you would that she was already jealous of psyche because previously in the story many men traveled far and wide all around to see psyche and not Venus as a matter of fact Venus alters were abandon with cold ashes so this made Venus very angry so she went her son Cupid which was the god of love she told him to shoot her with one his arrows so every creature on earth can fall madly in love with her but consequently her plan didn’t go as

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