Summary of Till We Have FacesTill We Have Faces, a novel by CS Lewis, uses the love story of Cupid and Psyche as the basis for a new tale set in the kingdom of Glomé. The story is told by Princess Orual, the eldest of three sisters, limited by her "ugliness", beaten by her violent father and tormented by love for her youngest sister, the beautiful goddess Psyche. It is Orual's love and need for love that ultimately sets off a painful spiral of events. Fox, a Greek slave, teaches Psyche and Orual philosophy and the fundamentals of life. The trio develops a strong bond. Their joy is tempered by the troublesome and intrusive younger sister Redival, but all the more so as Glome falls under the spell of illness and poverty and the ever-looming attack from a neighboring kingdom. As Glome becomes more and more unstable, the priest of Ungit says a sacrifices are necessary to correct the evils that have befallen the kingdom. Driven by the gods to lose her life to the Shadowbrute on Gray Mountain, Psyche accepts her role to save the kingdom and give in to a higher calling. Finding Psyche alive after the planned sacrifice, Orual must decide whether her beautiful sister is mad or has truly become the wife of a god as she claims. Orual's decision to force Psyche to betray her husband results in Psyche's exile and fills Orual with a guilt that she carries throughout her reign as queen. Ultimately, Orual must reconcile with his lost sister through divine visions. Analysis Although Till We Have Faces draws inspiration from the myth of Cupid and Psyche, which explores a number of human flaws, including jealousy, lack trust and envy, the main human problem. The fault that CS Lewis explores is lack of faith. Like Mircea Eliade... middle of paper... we can't kill him. Attached to the tree, it is vulnerable to woodland creatures and the Shadowbrute. By her autonomy, different from others and destined to live an ethereal and divine life, she demonstrates yet another archetype of goddess: the virgin. She feels that her only destiny is to go to the divine and does not fear sacrifice, but exults in her role as both a conduit to the gods and a goddess herself. She longs to be with the gods and knows that she is singular and special among the mortals of Glome. “The sweetest thing in my whole life was the desire to reach the Mountain, to find the place where all the beauty came from. » Like any woman, Psyche contains a number of personalities and cannot be entirely defined by a single archetype. The final pages of Till We Have Faces reveal that Orual is Psyche. Inner differences are universal for all.