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Themes in Cupid and Psyche
Little Words, Big Ideas
Love
When you've got a story in which Cupid (Eros), the god of desire and love, falls in love himself, you can bet that romance is going to be a major theme. Of course, it wouldn't be much of a story i...
Betrayal
Psyche promises her new husband, Cupid (Eros), that she'll never try to see what he looks like. Each night when he comes to her in bed, she's supposed to entertain him and then go to sleep without...
