Cupid and Psyche Study Gvide


CHARACTERS

Psyche
Venus
Cupid
Ass-Lucius
Persephone
Voluptas

PLACES et CONCEPTS

Dystopia
Allegory
Pandora's Box
CULTURAL COMPETENCE
ETHICAL LEADERSHIP

PRINCIPAL STORYLINES

Lucius and his katabasis: "Follow your passion"
The real world as seen through the eyes of an ass = symbolic underworld (dystopia)
Role of deities and humans in Cupid and Psyche
Cupid and Psyche as allegory, with reference to Plato's Allegory of the Cave
How does Ass-Lucius attain CULTURAL COMPETENCE?
How does the de-assified Lucius demonstrate ETHICAL LEADERSHIP?
What is the Public Affairs content?