![]() ![]() In addition, Orual continues to complain about the gods and that the palace was not filled with the “reek of holiness” (62). Does it make Psyche a “Christ figure”? We need to avoid making Faces into an allegory, but, as a symbol or type of Christ, I think that it is true. This continues the theme of expiation in the last chapter. Eerily reminiscent of Caiaphas’s comment about Jesus in John 11:50, King Trom states, “It’s only sense that one should die for many” (61). ![]() When criticized by the Fox for not saving Psyche, he claims to be putting the kingdom’s good before his own family. Probably the most interesting statement is made by King Trom. Its function is to carry forth the narrative and doesn’t offer much in the way of new insights. ![]() Chapter 6 is a short chapter that chiefly relates events in the palace the day before Psyche is to be offered to the god of the Mountain. ![]()
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