"The
Frog King" by the Brothers Grimm vs. "Cupid and Psyche" by Lucius
Apuleius
“The
frog king” begins with the ”beautiful” princess playing with a golden ball and
accidently dropping it into a well whereas “Cupid and psyche” began with really
developing who the princess is, the reader is told she has a father, mother and
two older sisters. But of the three daughters she is the most beautiful.
Both
begin with emphasizing the daughters’ beauty.
The
focus of “cupid and psyche” is centered on the princess’s beauty so much that
the real Venus became jealous of the princess and sent her son, cupid to get
revenge.
The
focus of “the frog king” is to not judge a book by it cover and not to make
promises you can’t keep.
There
is no frog character in “cupid and psyche” though the frog is one of the main
characters in “the frog king”
However
there is a character who acts as the frog and it is the unknown monster figure.
Both
the princesses wanted to kill the “beast” they faced. In cupid and psyche when
the monster approached her she held a knife in plans of killing him. As for the
frog king she threw the nasty frog against the wall in hopes that would kill
him.
A
major difference is that cupid and psyche is a myth because it involves Gods
and the frog king is a tale because it involves a magical transformation.
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