Saint Benilde International School Calamba Inc.

Crossing, Calamba City, Laguna

PROJECT
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Submitted By:
Marifern E. Perlas
Submitted To:
Tr. Sonia O. Clave

December 11, 2015

VOCABULARY ENRICHMENT

1. Acceded - agree to a demand, request, or treaty

2. Bereft - deprived of or lacking (something)
3. Colonnades - a row of evenly spaced columns supporting a roof, an entablature,
or arches.
4. Eminent - present to a notable degree
5. Exquisitely - extremely beautiful and delicate
6. Exulting - show or feel triumphant elation or jubilation
7. Lament - a passionate expression of grief or sorrow
8. Mounds - a large pile or quantity of something
9. Noxious - harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasan
10. Perturbation - anxiety; mental uneasiness
11. Profusely - very plentiful; abundant
12. Rapturous - characterized by, feeling, or expressing great pleasure or
enthusiasm
13. Sacrilege - violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred
14. Succumbed - fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force
15. Sumptuous - splendid and expensive-looking
16. Transpire - come to be known
17. Treacherous - guilty of or involving betrayal or deception
18. Utmost - most extreme; greatest
19. Vied - compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something
20. Wretchedly - in a very unhappy or unfortunate state

I.

THE TALE OF CUPID AND PSYCHE

II.

SETTING:

a. When the story happened:

-The story happened during the ancient times
b. Where the story happened:
i. At the mountain Psyche, upon the instructions of Apollo went to
the mountain to meet her serpent husband.
ii. At Cupids palace Psyche woke up in a beautiful palace made of
gold where she lived with Cupid.
iii. At Venus shrine She was able to find the goddess who gave her
tests
iv. Underworld Psyche ventured into the underworld to take a box
and obtain in it a dose of the beauty of Proserpina.
v. Mt. Olympus Cupid takes Psyche to Mt. Olympus, the home of
the Gods, to become a goddess.
III.

THE CHARACTERS:
a. Protagonist
i. Psyche Psyche is the youngest child in her family. She is born of
an unusual beauty which made the mortals adore and even gave
her the attention that was only due to Venus.
ii. Cupid - is the god of desire, love, attraction and affection. He is son
of the love goddess Venus. He fell in love with Psyche when he
accidentally shot himself with an arrow.
b. Antagonist
i. Venus The Goddess of Love. She was angered by Psyches
beauty and created a plan to ruin her by asking Cupid to make her
fall in love with the most hideous man on earth.

IV.

c. Other Characters
i. The two sisters
ii. Psyches parents
iii. Apollo
iv. Persephone
THE PLOT:
a. Beginning
Psyche is a very beautiful woman that they started worshipping her
more than the Goddess Venus herself. Venus became very angry and sought
revenge. She instructed her son, Cupid, to pierce Psyche with an arrow and
make her fall in love with the most vile, hideous man alive. However, when
Cupid saw how beautiful Psyche is, he accidentally shot himself with one of

his arrows thereby falling in love with her. Meanwhile, Psyche and her family
became worried that she will never find a husband. Her father then prayed to
Apollo for help, and Apollo instructed her to go to the top of a hill, where she
will marry a serpent. Psyche followed the instructions and fell asleep on the
hill. Upon waking up, she discovered a huge and beautiful mansion where
she was given luxurious treatment by her invisible servants. At night, in the
dark, she met and fell in love with her husband whom she was not allowed to
see.
b. Middle
Psyche lived happily and contently with Cupid although she was
not allowed to see him. One day he tells her that her family has been
mourning for her thinking that she was already dead. She begs to see them,
but her husband replies that it would not be wise to do so since there is a
prophecy that it would end up in a misfortune. Psyche insisted and Cupid
finally gave in to her request. But when the sisters visited, they became
envious of Psyche's wealth. They deduced that Psyche has never seen her
husband and convinced her that she must sneak a look and kill him because
her husband is a beast who intends to devour her. Confused and conflicted,
Psyche turns on a lamp one night only to see Cupid. He felt betrayed and left
her.
c. Ending
Psyche, journeyed all over the land to find Cupid. She asked
Venus for forgiveness who gave her a series of tests. Psyche was able to
accomplish all of the tasks given to her and finally, Venus challenged her to
go into the underworld and have Persephone put some of her beauty in a
box. Psyche succeeded. However, on her way to Venus, she became curious
and opened the box. She instantly fell asleep. Meanwhile, Cupids wound
healed and he looked for Psyche only to find her sleeping. He awakened her,
puts the sleeping spell back in the box. He took her to Mount Olympus were
she was made an immortal goddess. She and Cupid are married.

V.

UNFORGETTABLE LINES:

Id rather die a hundred times than be robbed of your sweet caresses. Whoever you
are I love you deeply, and adore you as much as life itself. Not even Cupid could
compare to you. -Psyche

Venus commanded me, though I have disobeyed my mothers orders, to fill you
with passion for some vile wretch and sentence you to the meanest kind of marriage,
but I flew to you as your lover instead. It was a foolish thing to do, I see that, and
illustrious archer though I am, I shot myself with my own arrow, and made you my wife,
only for you to think me some savage monster, and sever my head with a sword, a
head that bears the very eyes that love you. I told you time and again to beware of this,
I warned you over and over for your own good. As for those precious advisors of yours,
Ill soon take my revenge for their pernicious machinations; you I punish merely by my
flight. Cupid
VI.

MORAL LESSON

The story tells us about the importance of unconditional love and trust. Love and
trust goes side by side in our relationships with our loved ones. There will be times
when we will lose faith and doubt a person that is dear to us but we must learn to get
pass it and place our trust in them anyway. This is very important in families and
friendships. Love and trust is the foundation of every great relationship.
It also teaches us to be contented and happy with what we have. There will be
others who will seem to be greater than us in any aspect of life. We should not be
jealous and let anger or pride take over us. Instead, we should focus on making
ourselves better. We should not compare ourselves to others and be happy for their
accomplishments.
VII.

POINT OF VIEW
a. I find the story inspiring. Being at this age, sometimes I get too shy or I
sometimes dont have confidence in myself. The story made me realize
that I have to believe in myself and focus on my own strengths.
b. The most exciting part for me is when Psyche discovered that his
husband was not a beast but in fact Cupid himself.
c. If I am going to change the ending it will be.. Nothing. I will not change
the story because I think that the characters all got what they deserved.