The story of Cupid and Psyche is a beyond compare. It's one of the longest stories in the whole lovers part of it, but the length adds the pleasure and satisfaction. It can be compared to many stories that have been written today. The mortals would say that Venus (Aphrodite) herself could not even equal this mortal. The goddess, Venus, would not put up with this talk. She turned for help to her son, Cupid, the beautiful winged God of love.
             Aphrodite wanted Cupid to make Psyche "fall madly in love with the vilest and most despicable creature there was in the world." The moment Cupid laid his eyes on this beauty, it was as if he had shot himself with his own arrow.
             Meanwhile, Psyche's parents were worried about her. It seemed that no one would fall in love with her. They confront the Oracle, who tells them that she is destined to sit on a mountain to live with her husband, who was a serpent. After everyone had left her there to die, she floated away to a place with a house, which was for her. She heard voices that said "We are your servants," which can be compared to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. They served Snow White or Cinderella and her little mice. She heard a choir singing after a bath and got served dinner. This is like Beauty and the Beast, when Belle is rescued from the cold and is allowed to live in the Beast's castle.
             After Psyche was able to tell her sister's about this, they became jealous. They told Psyche they knew her husband was a serpent and would eat her, so she should take a peek at him in the dark with a candle. In a way, this also resembles The Beauty and the Beast because Belle isn't really meaning any harm when she goes into the Beast's room, but it's just thought of as unfaithful.
             After Cupid left Psyche, she went to seek help from anyone, possibly the Gods. Venus, already hating Psyche, couldn't believe her son had fallen in love with ...