Reading Notes: Cupid and Psyche, Part A

This week, I decided to read Cupid and Psyche. I wanted to take a different approach to note taking this week. I felt like I was writing too much and was not being concise in my past reading notes. I want to try to really condense this week to only ideas and specific points of the story I want to write about.

I liked the perspective of the story. I might want to change this in my retelling as someone other than the donkey. I really enjoyed the over abundance of description by the girl. She did not hesitate to describe the luxuriousness of her wedding day. I think it would be funny to make Psyche a boy and have a complete reversal. It would change the dynamic of the story drastically. I believe that I want to focus more on the fairy tale aspect of this story. The first few sections are just a lead up to the story of Cupid and Psyche. I will probably not write about those. If I retell the story of Cupid and Psyche, I will probably focus on a couple of the reading sections. I want to condense them and make them into a possibly different story. I really liked the constant foreshadowing that Cupid provides Psyche. He continually warns Psyche of her sister's intentions. I would like to keep this in my writing if I can fit it all. The story takes a wicked turn and becomes very dark. I am not sure if I want to make my retelling as wicked.

(A photo of Cupid's Arrow in California. Source: Wikipedia Commons)

Bibliography: Cupid and Psyche from The Golden Ass, written by Apuleius and translated by Tony Kline. Source: UnTextbook.