Penny Dreadfuls, 1812 · page 96 of 258
Psyche, and other poems — page 96: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This is a plot summary page, titled "ARGUMENT," from what appears to be a Victorian allegorical narrative or serialized story. The text outlines the progression of a tale involving characters named Psyche and a Knight, along with personified abstract forces—Slander, Credulity, Suspicion, Jealousy, and Inconstancy. The summary traces Psyche's journey from introduction through various trials of doubt and betrayal to final reconciliation with her Knight (apparently representing Love). The reference to "a Picture by Apelles" suggests the work draws on classical or artistic sources. This page functions as a chapter or section outline, typical of Victorian serialized fiction that would help readers follow complex allegorical plots across installments.
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ARGUMENT. Y* Introduction—Sympathy—SuspicionPsyche benighted—Credulity re- presented, according to a Picture by Apelles, as an old woman the devoted prey of Slander, or the Blatant Beast—Contest between the Knight and Slander—The Knight wounded—Slander flies—Credu- lity teads Psyche to the Castle of Suspicion—Psyche deluded, Ia- ments the desertion of her Knight to the train of Inconstancy - Psyche betrayed by suspicion into the power of Jealousy—Per - suaded by him that her Knight, by whom she was then abandoned was indeed Love-~-Psyche delivered by her Knight—Reconciliation. a ‘“ s Comichbooks; com,