Warning: Use of undefined constant referer - assumed 'referer' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 102

Warning: Use of undefined constant host - assumed 'host' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 105

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 106

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 109
Till We Have Faces - Online Term Paper

Till We Have Faces


The first person narrative in the ancient kingdom of Glome, a land ruled by a tyrannical king and religious goddess Ungit. Narrated by Princess (later Queen) Orual. The first section of this novel presents itself as an open complaint against the gods, particularly the god of the Grey Mountain, who brought Orual such pain and distress over the years, yet offer no answers or explanations to justify the suffering.
Orual says she had suffered much at the hands of the gods, but what most torments her is the loss of her previous sister Istra (Psyche), in which loss Orual shares responsibility and blame: this loss of Psyche results primarily from Orual’s jealously and rage at the gulf ...

Want to read the rest of this paper?
Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay
and over 50,000 other term papers

jealousy and obsessive love leads Orual to resist yielding to the higher love destined for Psyche, and ultimately to destruction of the object of her love and the hardening of Orual’s soul to the point of self-induced misery and guilt for the rest of her days.
Orual first feels the pain of the great gulf after the kingdoms subjects begin to perceive that the Princess Psyche is something more than a mortal, that she is somehow touched by the gods. Her beauty is remarkable, certainly, but it is not only her beauty that convinces the kingdom of her uniqueness. A certain radiance and artless perfection seem to emanate from the young women. The sick soon begin flocking in hordes to the palace gates to be touched by the "goddess". Psyche is praised and revered throughout the kingdom. Until, that is, the harvests turn meager ad the masses look for a scapegoat. Only one answer presents itself: a blood sacrifice. A perfect sacrifice. Psyche, the princess, the goddess. Orual raves in ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays.
Write better papers. Get better grades.


Already a member? Login

when I was the happiest that I longed you most…Somewhere else there must be more of it. Everything seemed to be saying, Psyche, come! But I couldn’t (not yet) come and I didn’t know where I was to come to…I felt like a bird in a cage when the other birds of its kind are flying home.’" (TWHF, pg. 74)
This idea of the Christian being destined for another world is one found not only by Lewis. Dietrich Bonhaffer , the German theologian martyred for his anti-Nazi stance during Hitler era also stressed the other worldly element of Christianity as a separating force, dividing believer from non-believer and the non-believer world. It is important to note that Psyche ...

Succeed in your coursework without stepping into a library.
Get access to a growing library of notes, book reports,
and research papers in 2 minutes or less.


CITE THIS PAGE:

Till We Have Faces. (2004, September 29). Retrieved December 23, 2024, from http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Till-We-Have-Faces/15093
"Till We Have Faces." Essayworld.com. Essayworld.com, 29 Sep. 2004. Web. 23 Dec. 2024. <http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Till-We-Have-Faces/15093>
"Till We Have Faces." Essayworld.com. September 29, 2004. Accessed December 23, 2024. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Till-We-Have-Faces/15093.
"Till We Have Faces." Essayworld.com. September 29, 2004. Accessed December 23, 2024. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Till-We-Have-Faces/15093.
JOIN NOW
Join today and get instant access to this and 50,000+ other essays


PAPER DETAILS
Added: 9/29/2004 01:11:05 AM
Category: Miscellaneous
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 1851
Pages: 7

Save | Report

SHARE THIS PAPER

SAVED ESSAYS
Save and find your favorite essays easier

SIMILAR ESSAYS
» Lewis' "Surprise By Joy": Analy...
» The Many Faces Of Love In Arth
» The Many Faces Of Love In Arth
» Story
» How To Raise Money?
» Mark Twain's Speeches
» Alienation and Self-destruction...
» How The Great Pyramid Was Real
» Moby Dick
» An Analysis Of Heart Of Darkne
Copyright | Cancel | Contact Us

Copyright © 2024 Essayworld. All rights reserved