6/26/2023 0 Comments Till we all have facesThe one rule that Cupid gave Psyche was that she not look upon his face. Psyche, the younger sister, was so beautiful that Cupid himself desired her for his bride. Orual was the older sister and so ugly that she spends most of the book with her face veiled. Their childhood was filled with great love, but eventually, tragedy strikes. The first part of the book shows the sisters Orual and Psyche growing up together, along with their mentor the Fox. In doing so, he depicts a life centered on one such abuse of love that is far more extreme than that of the teenager and her parents. Lewis retells the myth of Cupid and Psyche. Rare indeed is the person who has not treated love so poorly. The only lever she has to persuade her parents is their love for her. Reeling at the blow to her social life, the words bubble up, “you don’t really love me!” She says this only because she knows that her parents do love her and that it will hurt them to hear these painful words. Picture the scene, cliché as it is: A young teenager’s parents have just refused her permission to go with friends to a concert this Friday. “Love is not a thing to be so used” -The Fox
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