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  • Essay / Psyche: Glome City's Greatest Heroine

    In Glome City, they suffer from droughts, plagues, and fever. The priest of Ungit decides that we must “find the cursed”. Also, he mentions, “the brute has been seen again”; they must therefore offer the “cursed” to the brute. When the king hears this, he fears for his own life, but he has no problem offering one of his three daughters. The priest then tells him that he is not the “cursed” one, but Psyche, his youngest daughter, will be offered to him, because she is the “cursed” one. With little to no fight, the king gave in to the idea. Psyche should offer herself to the brute to save the city, or better yet the king's reign. This could make Psyche the greatest heroine in the city of Glome, because a heroine is a woman who goes out of her way to commit courageous deeds and deeds. Psyche is then confined in the “five-sided room” until the morning when she is sacrificed. . Orual manages to visit him in the room, thanks to Bardia's clemency. At that moment, Psyche is so happy with her future. It's as if she has no idea of ​​her fate. At this time, a Christian might experience the illusion of the greatest hero of all, Jesus Christ. Like Psyche, he too was very happy with what was going to happen. When morning comes, from Orual's point of view, she sees Psyche escorted to the mountain dressed and painted. Psyche was both calm and content, although later we find out that she is drugged as she climbs the mountain. After the sacrifice, everything seems to change in Glome. Finally, rain to end the drought and “the Shennit was full again”. Some fields are starting to grow and “the grass is growing back wonderfully”. It is as if she has saved the town, as the fever has subsided, many livestock are saved, and the birds return to Glome. Orual decides that she wants to collect Psyche's bones and bring them back to the palace. She asks Bardia to take her to the mountain because she hasn't learned to ride a horse yet. When they arrive at the mountain, they notice that she is not there, but when Bardia discovers a ruby, Orual asks to look around. It was then that she discovered Psyche in the form of living flesh. This too can remind Christians of the resurrection of Jesus Christ..