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Graceful or Grotesque?

"'And you won't understand the wonder and glory 0f my adventure unless you
listen to the bad part. It wasn't very bad, you know'" (108).

 

Points for Reflection

C. S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces (1956), Part II: chps. 1-4 & closing note

  1. what role does writing her biography play in Orual’s journey towards self-knowledge?
  2. how does Orual’s encounter with Tarin force her to rewrite her shared history her sister, Redival?
  3. does Orual’s affection for Bardia make her a better person?  What lies at the heart of her romantic feelings for him?
  4. what does Orual’s spiritual journey reveal about her capacity for love?
  5. what does Orual learn from her dreams and visions which reality had not taught her?
  6. what impact do Orual’s visions and dreams have on her leadership skills?
  7. what does “I am Ungit” actually mean?
  8. what does it mean to “die before you die” (279-80 / 318 mid)?
  9. what does Orual learn from the moving images on the walls shown her by the Fox?
  10. why do Psyche and Orual both appear beautiful at the close?
  11. how many echoes of the original legend concerning Cupid and Psyche does this novel contain?  Do these various elements meld smoothly, or clash?


an abstract painting of many lines and shapes with bright colors of reds, oranges, and yellows in the middle and shifting to darker colors of blues and greens around the edges
The Vertebrated Cavern, Series of Decals (1936)
gouache on black paper
Salvador Dalí


Dr. Paul Marchbanks
pmarchba@calpoly.edu