Beauty and the Beast v. Cupid and Psyche

The "Beauty and the Beast" version of Mme de Beaumont has many similarities with Greek "Cupid and Soul".

Both beauty and soul are sent to punish them with their "Beast". But due to beauty, this is not a punishment for her own violation, it is punishment for the robbery's theft by her father. On the other hand, Psyche must be punished because she is so beautiful that she can not marry Venus' preference. But the same line is both exiled (beauty to the castle of the beast, soul to the mountain), beauty is actually sent to the beast, and the so-called "beast" of Psyche is actually Cupid Ah, fun Awkward winged god (I think Psyche has finished a better deal)

Another similarity between these stories is the embarrassment of the two heroine sisters. Both brothers and sisters share the wealth gained when a beautiful woman gets married (or when imprisoned). Such cockroaches then eventually shake every beauty to do something that hurts their beasts: beauty falls for too long, and Psyche's curiosity makes her better, she Steal and burn a man with some hot oils He is really a beast

There are differences in the two stories. All that beauty has to do is to revitalize the beast and finally to love and be kind to change him into a man. On the other hand, to be for her husband's mother, Psyche has to complete three impossible tasks. Still, she succeeded only under the intervention of the first two gods. In the third task, curiosity of Psyche once again made her better, she decided that her husband did not have her and proved her failure until she decided to help her. Eventually, the gods convinced Venus to change their ideas about Psyche, then they changed Pischke to Goddess, so she and Cupid could finally be a man's god and wife. Belle did not do anything wrong and eventually changed her husband by her virtue, but Psyche had to destroy her own marriage and transformed by God. Certainly her own virtue will not take him anywhere. )

These two stories have many similarities in plot and transformation theme, but they are still very unique.

In the two stories "Beauty and the Beast" and "Cupid and Seoul", the hero finally married the prince. In myths, "Cupid and Psyche State" he sent Mercury to take the soul to the heavenly gathering When she arrived, she handed her a food cup when she arrived. These weddings will be forever, not forever from his knot. "Knot is another way to say marriage," Beauty and the Beast "said:" The beast has disappeared. She saw the most beautiful prince she saw at her feet; he thanked her because he finished his long lasting charm like a beast. In the two stories "Beauty and the Beast" and "Cupid and Seoul", they finally married the prince. In "Beauty and the Beast", I married the prince because I went with my beast with my father in front of myself.

Along the way of change, in "Beauty and Beast" it is an unusual beast, and in "Cupid and Seoul" it is beautiful, soul and transfigured. This brings another point: By becoming a prince, the beast is now beautiful - he is beautiful outside and is smart in it. By drinking syrup and becoming a goddess, Psyche is comparable to her husband Cupid (God). Eventually, both spouses became the same as others.

In Greek story "Cupid and Psyche" and de Beaumont's "Beauty and the Beast", female protagonists Psyche and Beauty will not cause the anger of others by their cause. Since the goddess of Venus is the beauty of man, she basically marries a beast. In another version, her father "steals" one of his roses, so beauty was declared forever to live in Beast Castle. In both versions, the fate of a woman is determined not by herself but by others. In both versions, the sisters of Psyche and Beauty will cause conflicts in their beast relationship. Psychedel's sister persuaded her husband secretly creeping under the light of the candle and decided whether he was absolutely a beast or not. As a punishment, the soul was forced to prove her value to Venus by expelling it from the heavenly temple and completing the tasks that were almost impossible to achieve. This caused the beast to die with self-starvation brought about by his broken heart.