Reading Notes A: Apuleius's Cupid and Psyche
For this assignment, we are doing our week three reading notes. I have chosen Apuleius's Cupid and Psyche, by Apuleius and translated into English by Tony Kline. I decided to read this one because I had never heard of this specific story before, and I thought it sounded very interesting. While reading this story, I noticed that there were certain details that seemed to confuse me, but overall I thought the story was very well written. I really liked the theme of it, and I like the way the writer decided to tell the story. As the notes said, the language did tend to pose some difficulties, but it was nothing that I couldn't understand with some research. I really liked the overall story and I felt that I was able to understand a lot of it. Going in, I was a little nervous that I would not understand much of the story because of the language in it and the time it was written in, but thankfully it was not too bad. For my future stories, I will definitely have to remember to look back on this one and consider making my writing style similar to what this story has to offer.
Hi Ashlyn! I am glad you are liking the Cupid and Psyche story: it is basically the oldest fairy tale ever written down, even though it has Roman gods and goddesses instead of the usual fairy tale characters. When you are taking notes, try to focus on a specific episode in the story that you might choose to retell and focus your notes on that episode so you will be ready to hit the ground running when you write your own story for this week. One of the most dramatic moments, for example, is when Psyche finds out who her husband is. You could imagine how you might tell that episode in your own way (or whatever specific episode made the biggest impression on you, something you might want to tell in your own words).
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