The document summarizes two stories of love - Cupid and Psyche, and Pyramus and Thisbe. In Cupid and Psyche, Psyche is so beautiful men neglect Aphrodite, angering the goddess. Cupid falls for Psyche but they must overcome obstacles from his mother. In Pyramus and Thisbe, two neighboring lovers in Babylon arrange to run away together but a misunderstanding leads them both to believe the other is dead, causing them to take their own lives. Both stories illustrate the risks one takes for love and importance of trust between lovers.

1. Stories of LoveStories of Love
Cupid and PsycheCupid and Psyche
Pyramus and ThisbePyramus and Thisbe

2. Cupid and PsycheCupid and Psyche
 Characters:Characters:
 Psyche-the most beautifulPsyche-the most beautiful
maiden in the landmaiden in the land
 Cupid-the god of loveCupid-the god of love
who fell in love withwho fell in love with
PsychePsyche
 Aphrodite-the goddess ofAphrodite-the goddess of
love who was jealous oflove who was jealous of
PsychePsyche

3. PlotPlot
 Psyche was the mostPsyche was the most
beautiful girl in the landbeautiful girl in the land
and because men lovesand because men loves
to look at her, theyto look at her, they
neglected the temple ofneglected the temple of
Aphrodite thus earningAphrodite thus earning
the ire of the goddessthe ire of the goddess
 Aphrodite asked her sonAphrodite asked her son
to make Psyche fall into make Psyche fall in
love with the vilestlove with the vilest
creature but Cupid fell increature but Cupid fell in
love with her himself andlove with her himself and
devised a plan to makedevised a plan to make
Psyche hers without hisPsyche hers without his
mother’s knowledgemother’s knowledge

4. PlotPlot
 With the help ofWith the help of
Apollo, Psyche wasApollo, Psyche was
sent by her parents tosent by her parents to
the mountain to meetthe mountain to meet
her husband whoher husband who
believed to be abelieved to be a
monstermonster
 She arrived in a placeShe arrived in a place
fit for a god and atfit for a god and at
night met hernight met her
husbandhusband

5.  She loved her husbandShe loved her husband
but she was forbidden tobut she was forbidden to
see his facesee his face
 Her sisters on their visit,Her sisters on their visit,
convinced her that herconvinced her that her
husband was a monsterhusband was a monster
that she must killthat she must kill
 Psyche believed herPsyche believed her
sisters but while acting onsisters but while acting on
the plan saw howthe plan saw how
handsome her husbandhandsome her husband
truly is but unfortunately,truly is but unfortunately,
he was wounded by thehe was wounded by the
oil from her lamp and fledoil from her lamp and fled
their placetheir place

6. PlotPlot
 Psyche, wanting to findPsyche, wanting to find
her husband askedher husband asked
Aphrodite’s help but theAphrodite’s help but the
goddess was determinedgoddess was determined
to make her sufferto make her suffer
 She prayed for help butShe prayed for help but
no one wanted to helpno one wanted to help
her in fear of Aphrodite’sher in fear of Aphrodite’s
wrathwrath

7.  But strangely, creaturesBut strangely, creatures
would always turn up towould always turn up to
help her with her taskshelp her with her tasks
 On her last task, she wasOn her last task, she was
overcome with curiosityovercome with curiosity
that she failed to followthat she failed to follow
the rule but by that time,the rule but by that time,
Cupid was there toCupid was there to
rescue herrescue her
 She became an immortalShe became an immortal
and they lived happilyand they lived happily
ever afterever after

8. SettingsSettings
 The palace of CupicThe palace of Cupic
 The forest and fieldThe forest and field
 underworldunderworld

9. ThemeTheme
 Love and theLove and the
importance of trustimportance of trust
 The risks that aThe risks that a
person is willing to goperson is willing to go
through for lovethrough for love

10. Pyramus and ThisbePyramus and Thisbe
 Characters:Characters:
 Pyramus- aPyramus- a
handsome younghandsome young
man who was in loveman who was in love
with Thisbewith Thisbe
 Thisbe- a beautifulThisbe- a beautiful
maiden who fell inmaiden who fell in
love with Pyramuslove with Pyramus

11. PlotPlot
 Pyramus and Thisbe arePyramus and Thisbe are
neighbors who fell in loveneighbors who fell in love
with each otherwith each other
 Their parents hadTheir parents had
forbidden their love soforbidden their love so
they found a hole in thethey found a hole in the
wall that separate theirwall that separate their
househouse
 They talk in whispers onThey talk in whispers on
their walltheir wall

12.  They devised a planThey devised a plan
to runaway togetherto runaway together
decided to meet bydecided to meet by
the mulberry treethe mulberry tree
 Thisbe arrived firstThisbe arrived first
but the lionessbut the lioness
chased her and bitchased her and bit
her shawl into piecesher shawl into pieces

13.  Pyramus arrived laterPyramus arrived later
only to find the shawlonly to find the shawl
and believed thatand believed that
Thisbe was dead soThisbe was dead so
he stabbed himself tohe stabbed himself to
deathdeath
 Thisbe came backThisbe came back
only to see her lover’sonly to see her lover’s
lifeless body so shelifeless body so she
also killed herselfalso killed herself

14. SettingsSettings
 The story took placeThe story took place
in the city of Babylonin the city of Babylon
 They arranged toThey arranged to
meet near Ninus’meet near Ninus’
tombtomb

15. ThemeTheme
 Star-crossed loversStar-crossed lovers
and their ill-fated storyand their ill-fated story
 The value of findingThe value of finding
out the truth beforeout the truth before
acting hastilyacting hastily