In the Four loves Lewis describes the love of affection as a jealous love. He states, “If we try to live by Affection alone, affection will ‘go bad on us’.” This is what happens to Orual’s love for Psyche. It is not a pure love, it is selfish. Orual wishes Psyche to be happy only if that happiness is dependant on Orual herself. I believe this is why Orual convinces Psyche to discover who her husband is. Although there may be a hint of true concern, at the heart of it Orual was jealous. If her true only desire was for Psyche’s happiness, she would not have been concerned with how that happened. However she couldn't stand that Psyche was happy with someone other than herself.
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