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C. S. Lewis

Till We Have Faces

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

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Essay Topics

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Till We Have Faces is the retelling of the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche. How does the novel differ from the original story? Does the original myth figure in the novel, and what is its significance?

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What do you think the god means when he tells Orual that she “also shall be Psyche”? Do you think that she does, in some way, become like her sister?

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What kind of relationship exists between Orual and the Fox? How does he influence her throughout the novel?