![]() ![]() In Christianity, to see the face of God is portrayed as an intensely religious and euphoric experience. Thus, the women’s faces both influence and reflect their true moral character.Īdditionally, the god’s refusal to allow Psyche to see his face acts as a test of her loyalty. This undoubtedly makes her bitter against the world and leads her to cling destructively to those who do love her, filling with jealousy whenever she perceives any threat to that love. Orual, on the other hand, has always been told that she’s too ugly to love, and that she’ll never be able to marry. Psyche has always been adored for her beauty, so she has no reason to hate those around her or to seek love as jealously as Orual does. At the same time, it’s difficult to say whether the women’s essential characters exist from birth or result from the responses to their physical appearances. Furthermore, when she sees the face of Ungit on herself, she begins to realize that it shows she has lived a life of devouring the people around her for her own benefit. Orual’s face, on the other hand, is horribly ugly, as her moral tendencies also prove to be. ![]() Psyche’s moral perfection is reflected in her stunningly beautiful face. The outward appearance of faces in this novel generally corresponds to the characters’ moral essences. ![]()
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