The Greek tale has a lot in common with different variations of Beauty and the Beast. A couple of things they shared with some tales would be the constant throughout most of the stories, such as the fear of being with someone who you do not know fully. There seems to be a fear of being with a beast or a monster. It was rumored that Psyche's destined husband was a cruel monster. She was also the youngest and most beautiful of her sisters. Her parents were also punished and lost their daughter, and fearing for her. The sisters were cruel and made her doubt the beast as well as dared her to doubt her love for her husband and break a bond with him. This was also the case in the french version of Beauty and the Beast. However her curiosity makes her sneak a look at her husband without his consent and she loses him. This was also in the story of Urashima the Fisherman. Beauty and the Beast carried a lot of little things from Cupid and Psyche with curiosity and the plot by the sisters as well as the overall idea of learning to love. I feel that what Cupid was really trying to teach Psyche was that falling in love doesn't mean basing it off looks but the inside, and that just because she saw him she might only love him for looks.
On the other with Beauty and the Beast is being afraid of what the beast really is but just by telling from the outside. As with Cupid it is perhaps the idea that you might be fooled by his voice and must judge him by looks. It is all a question of uncertainty among women who are forced into a relationship with a strange man, who are deeply curious and yet disturbed by what they see/hear.
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