... being allowed to look upon her husband. What follows in the story is a series of indecisions placed upon Psyche by her jealous or wicked sisters who eventually trick and persuade Psyche into believing Cupid is a beast. They persuade her, through their jealousy, to sneak a lamp and a knife into the bedchamber at night when her husband comes to her and while he is asleep they persuade her to kill him. However, when Psyche does awake in the middle of the night to go through with her sisters wishes, as soon as she shines the lamp on her husband she realises that he is no beast but Cupid, the God himself. "Psyche....seized the blade....but as soon as the light was presented and the secret of their bed became plain, what she saw.....was....none other than Cupid"4 Through her curiosity Psyche next inspects Cupids arrows and while inspecting them she accidentally pricks ...

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