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Story 1: Dublin is full of believers in the traditional ghost stories but there is also a fair share of doubters. This story would follow a nonbeliever trying to find the truth behind the ghost stories. He would try to find the logical reasons why these occurrences happened. Story 2: Story 2 would follow a group of freshmen throughout their first semester at Trinity College and their encounters with the infamous ghosts that reside there. Trinity College has a few ghost stories floating around campus.  Website link Story 3: Someone would come into contact with a ghost (probably at a church) and tell that ghost their own ghost story. The ghost would critique the story and give their version. The encountered/reader would have to distinguish  for themselves what is true and what is false. Links: https://www.dublintown.ie/ghosts-stories-of-dublin/ http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/tigs/tigs03.htm

How would it feel to fall in love with love itself but not know? The tale of Psyche and Cupid goes a so. Psyche, a beautiful princess, was often compared to Venus. Venus you could imagine was not thrilled to be compared to such a mere mortal like Psyche herself. Out of spite, Venus ordered her son Cupid to strike Psyche with one of his bows to torture the princess. One small prick from Cupid's arrow will put a mortal like Psyche in a treacherous state of irrational unbending love. Now Cupid loved his mother with such devotion, but one look at Psyche could make even the most honorable son betray his mother's trust. With Psyche and his mother Venus none the wiser, Cupid led the princess to safety and hid her away in a sanctuary. Cupid would love on her at night and fly away in the morning so she would never who he was. She had almost everything she could ever want: riches, servants, and a loving husband. Cupid used darkness to conceal his true identity.  Image info: ...

Notes This story is part of the Cupid and Psyche unit . Story source: Apuleius's Golden Ass , as translated into English by Tony Kline (2013). Apuleius: The captive woman • Donkeys and horses • The narrator is an old woman robber • Young + old =important • Lucious (donkey) eating scraps instead of rich food • Robbers --> Kidnappers ○ Also, they seem to think they are honorable robbers • Old lady refers to robbers as her young men Her Dream • Robbers described as warlike gang • Robbers kill the husband in the dream • "Be of good heart, young mistress; don’t let a dream’s vain fantasy disturb you" - Old Lady • The old lady tried to convince her being kidnapped was a good thing indirectly by saying if you are having a nightmare it is actually a good thing Psyche's Beuty • P is too beautiful for Human speech • Psyche: adjectives ○ compared to the goddess of Venus ○ a new celestial emanation ○ The sight of the ages ○ Eart...