5-8 Questions Flashcards
What were the two things the priest had done that the king was angry about?
They holding assembly without the kings bidding and he wasn’t invited
Why did oriole say she was more afraid of the priest then she had been before
He was very sick from illness and looked like a vulture
As the pre-speaking to talk about the need for human sacrifice, what does he say that led both oriole and the fox to realize that Redival is behind what is happening
The accursed. They called psyche the accursed after she was ill.
How does the fox try to stop what does inevitable?
The inconsistencies. Everything is opposite for what he wanted for the sacrifice.
In what way did the priest prove the fox to be wrong in what he had taught oriole?
He taught oriole that the priest was a political schemer. When the priest life was threatened, he didn’t flinch, so he’s not a schemer.
What was the king’s reaction to the priests identification of psyche as the accursed?
He was relieved
How did he respond to Orioles attempt to defend psyche?
He kicked her, grabbed her by her shoulders, beat her and threw her across the room
What rationalization from the fox did the king try to use to justify his actions? How did that backfire?
Even a Greek king sacrificed his own daughter, the kings wife killed him. king died. Queen died son crazy.
What options did the fox offer
Wait until the new moon. It was the wrong time to be a bride. Anything he could do to save psyche
In response to Orioles offer of herself in psyches place what did the king do? What was his intent? Both oriole and psyche were his daughters. How was what he did to oriole in someways just as bad as what he did to psyche.
He put her in front of a mirror to show her how ugly she was. She destroyed, oriole psychologically, and psyche physically
How did oriole convince Bartier to let her in to the tower room to see psyche even though he had been given orders not to allow anyone in
She took her father sword in challenged him. He respected her courage and let her in.
As oriole tries to comfort psyche, and the rules are in reverse, why does oriole find this maddening? why does she feel that psyche is cruel?
Because she lost control of psyche. She is not an innocent child like Orioles thought.
What is Orioles plan for rescuing psyche the next day
She is going to go to the holy tree and hide then free psyche after the sacrifice
What goes wrong with the plan?
Because of her weakness from her being, she doesn’t make it in time for the plan
When Oreo recovers from her illness, what does the fox tell her about the drought? What does the fox feels explanation for this? What is the general explanation of the people?
The draw is over and it is raining. The fox thinks it’s a coincidence, but the people think psyche sacrifice change their fortune fox only believe in philosophy of men and nature- not gods
