![]() ![]() ![]() Ultimately, Orual realizes she has been jealous of the gods themselves for being so beautiful that they can attract the love of anyone they want, including her beloved Psyche. In other words, she becomes a very jealous person, never wanting to share her loved ones with anyone else. When others do love her, she struggles to believe it, and her constant fear that their love will disappear makes her cling to it in a potentially harmful way. Her indisputable ugliness means that others’ love does not fall on her naturally, and her father’s constant reminders of this ugliness lead to her strong sense of insecurity. Orual is essentially defined by love and a lack thereof. In this way, she takes after her father the King, even though she hates him too. Orual writes because she hates the gods, and in fact she is a character full of anger. She begins as a princess of Glome, and becomes Queen at her father’s death. ![]()
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