Till We Have Faces

Justice: an ethic that has been one of the fundamental aspects of "good" since the word itself was defined. What justice entails, however, has always been left to question. Determining the answer has fallen into the hands of the leaders of both secular and religious communities, although the conclusions drawn out by the two often contradict each other. In Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis, Orual 's reasoning stands against the gods ' in what she believes to be an injustice. During the duration of the novel the two assessments are developed and contrasted, and in the end one is clearly a more accurate representation of justice. C.S. Lewis shows his beliefs concerning human 's judgement of what justice is through Orual 's relationship with it in his novel Till We Have Faces. Although misinterpreted in the beginning of the novel, Orual comes to have a…

Lewis’ most well known books is titled Mere Christianity in which he describes the reasons to believe in a God and what those who believe in the Christian God should act and be like. One of Lewis’ lesser known books is entitled Till We Have Faces. In this story, Orual, the oldest and ugliest sister of three, tells her story as she struggles with jealousy for her sisters, guilt of her sister’s death, and inward suffering from confidence. C.S. Lewis craftily repaints the myth of Cupid and Psyche…

Justice, in its most basic sense, is defined as the administering of a deserved punishment or reward, but justice itself is far from basic. Who is to decide what is just, and how are those who decide what is just to punish their perceived wrong? It is only through the pursuit of justice that an individual can come to clearly see what is right, and find his or her sought after reward or punishment. In Till we Have Faces by C.S. Lewis, Orual’s pursuit of justice and its eventual resolution play a…

The Journey to Justice Justice is a very important pillar of society that everyone desires. In Till We Have Faces by C.S Lewis, there is a theme dedicated to finding justice and what it means to the protagonist Orual. Orual’s idea of justice is everyone being treated equally, and although her search is only minorly successful, it shows that one's true self is found through facing adversity. Orual’s idea that justice and equality are one in the same, forms from her being discriminated against.…

In the novel “Till We Have Faces” by C.S. Lewis, the treatment of women as items and inferior beings is a very prevalent theme. Women are restricted from political matters and are not able to hold any power. They are also defined by their looks, and in Orual’s case, it can be extremely debilitating. Although she is faced with the hindrances of being a woman in a “man’s world,” Orual rises to power as the queen of Glome while masked by a veil, demonstrating both her unanticipated capabilities as…

Till We Have Faces Literary Analysis “Every human love, at its height, has a tendency to claim for itself a divine authority. Its voice tends to sound as if it were the will of God himself. It tells us not to count the cost, it demands of us a total commitment, it attempts to override all other claims and insinuates that any action which is sincerely done ‘for love’s sake,’ is thereby lawful and even meritorious" (Lewis, The Four Loves 18). C.S. Lewis’s Till We Have Faces is the tale of Cupid…

In Till We Have Faces, a novel, C. S. Lewis addresses multiple different themes, one of these being the nature of faith and doubt. Characters throughout this book are struggling with the existence of the gods, and their relationship with humans. C.S. Lewis expands upon this struggle by creating different situations showing the readers that faith’s nature provides comfort and spiritual wisdom while doubt leads to manipulation and denial. While writing this novel, C. S. Lewis used the Bible to…

speculated in Till We Have Faces, the gods do not have divine power over the city’s calamities. Thus, the horrific death planned for Psyche would have been in vain. The demand for human sacrifice reveals the elders’ archaic and sexist views of women. In addition, throughout the kingdom, there is a pervasive negative attitude toward women, which becomes more evident when Orual becomes queen. Sadly, gender inequality not only exists in fictional texts, but is also prevalent in the…

Many have accused C.S Lewis of being a misogynist. This accusation comes from his lack of support for the feminism movement of the twentieth century. However, while Lewis could not be labeled a feminist, he is far from the misogynist label given to him by critics. Rather than choose to favor one particular gender over the other, in his later life Lewis stated that he had, “a preference for people (Leeuwen 259). This article will analyze the role of gender in Lewis writing, particularly in Till…

Revered as the culmination of all his work, C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces is the recipient of scholars’ praise and the author’s favoritism. Scholars praise Lewis for his ability to transform a narrow classical myth into a universally applicable story. While this universality owes itself to the fictitious nature of the novel, it is also rooted in the theme of love. In order to fully elucidate the concept of love as he understood it, Lewis published The Four Loves. He first distinguishes between…