Reading Notes
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Cupid and Psyche, Part A
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| (Psyche Honored by the People, Giordano) |
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Retelling Ideas
- the intended audience for this story is the girl whose been kidnapped, would changing the audience change the way the story should be retold?
- Psyche was the youngest of three sisters, retelling the story from a jealous sister would change the tone of the story? (Note: I wrote this before I read how the sisters wept for the youngest daughter and abandoned their lovely homes to seek her out once again. I was going to change this note to showcase how loving the sister's were until I came to the portion entitled "The Jealousy of Psyche's Sisters, so I guess I predicted correctly!)
- Or rather tell the story from the goddess, Venus', point of view: "who does this common mortal think she is?"
- Really intriguing to hear the traditional, more crass version of Cupid, rather than the love wielding cherub today's people would commonly think of.
- the dread of the wedding reminded me of Persephone and Hades, possibly comparing the stories would be a fun retelling? Maybe act as though Persephone, Psyche and Belle (Beauty and the Beast) are speaking of their husbands in private?
- Cupid was adamant about Psyche never seeing him as he was of divine power, what if we were to switch such and have Venus embrace Psyche having her seduce Cupid as training of sorts?
- Rather than change the point of view or characters placement in the tale, why not change the location to base it in reality? Maybe in a California high school or the Joseon dynasty?
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All reading notes based off of Apuleius' Cupid and Psyche
as translated into English by Tony Kline (2013).
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