The story starts when Aphrodite is enraged when the morals on earth call this princess, named Psyche, more beautiful then the goddess of beauty herself, when this happens, she commands her son, Cupid, or Eros, to shoot an arrow at her to fall in love with the most low class and hideous man. He fails at this attempt by accidentally stabbing himself with this arrow instead causing him to fall in love with Psyche instead. Psyche is sent to a mountain, with her parents grieving at her conceived death, but Psyche is found in a beautiful castle with riches and galore, all created by Cupid himself. Psyche wishes to be in company of her sisters, as Cupid remains invisible, and doubt begins to eat at her as she thinks Cupid is a monster. Psyche catches a glimpse of Cupid and wakes him up by accident, and because of her doubt caused by her sisters, Cupid runs away.
The story shows that angering the god's by comparing a mortal to one is not a good idea. The human's natural pride angered Aphrodite, creating this turmoil. Jealousy is another aspect of the mortals, as jealousy bit into Psyche's sisters, they reacted by successfully attempting in driving doubt into Psyche. As doubt filled up, Psyche ruined her future of gold by not trusting Cupid.
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