Religion In T. S. Lewis Till We Have Faces

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“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.” In the novel, Till We Have Faces, Lewis contrasts religion based on the “gods and goddess” and religion that the different characters believe in. He does this by comparing the “gods and goddess” to the religion. He contrasts the two by having the characters switch opinions within the novel. Gods and goddesses actions vs the view that society has of them. In the novel Till We Have Faces, Lewis uses different scenarios that depict each religion. The first quote that will be shown is said by the Priest of Glome, “her anger never comes upon us without cause, and it never ceases without explanation. I have made offerings to her for your …show more content…

At this point in the novel, Orual is really confused. She's going back and forth between religion and the gods. “A real god… was it impossible?”(Lewis 169) Now Orual is actually leaning more towards the side of the “real” gods. It’s as if she is scared. “ And now we are coming to that part of my history on which my charge against the gods chiefly rest; and therefore, I must try at any cost to write what is wholly true”(Lewis 177). Based on this quote Orual has nothing against the gods. This is another turning point in the novel where Orual is choosing between religion and the “real” gods. Have you ever been mad at someone and then someone else just does something completely out of the ordinary to you and you no longer take your anger out on the other person, but you take it out on the person who did the unordinary thing to you ? That’s what Orual is doing , not taking her anger out on the gods, but on Psyche.
Greek goddess, a woman who is adored, especially for her beauty. “But Mia”, she said, “ I’ve told you all my story. My god, of course. My lover. My husband. The master of my house”(Lewis 122). Here Psyche believes in the “real” gods. Orual is confused. She thinks that Psyche is lying and that something is wrong with her. Once again Orual doesn’t believe. In the next quote, Orual starts to think anon that the “real” gods could indeed be real. She says “ I must ask forgiveness of Psyche as well as of the god”. Orual is now afraid of the gods and of what they are capable of doing, so she asks for

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