One can also make the correlation between Orual wanting Psyche to be a slave with the level of control that she, through manipulation, had over Psyche. Orual does not even want her sister to have friends, "Why must she say bare friends? "(Till We Have Faces 69).
Another aspect clearly shown is the selfish nature of the obsessive love of Orual. She knows that Psyche loves her and will always fulfill her wishes. When Psyche is called to be the sacrifice, Orual becomes extremely upset because Psyche is at peace with being the sacrifice that has to be offered to Ungit. When she goes into the chambers to visit Psyche she says " Oh cruel, cruel! Is it nothing to you that you leave me here alone? " (Till We Have Faces, 73) Rather than offering comfort to Psyche, Orual is intently focused on the loneliness she will face without Psyche. She realizes with Psyche gone there will be no one to need her. This makes her afraid because Psyche's absence will present her with an unfamiliar situation. Disregarding the inner turmoil that Psyche was experiencing in that moment, selfish Orual is completely focused on her impending loneliness and needlessness. She then proceeds to invoke feelings of guilt: "Psyche, did you ever love me at all? " (Till We Have Faces, 73) When she raises this question, the motives are evident; she knows very well that Psyche loves her. However, questioning this makes Psyche feel somewhat disloyal to her. Moreover, this evidently exemplifies Orual's jealousy. She accuses Psyche of loving the gods more than her. When viewed from a Christian perspective, this is a ludicrous accusation. The Christian perspective teaches one to lay everything aside and be devoted to Jesus Christ. In Luke 10:27 we are told to: " Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and will all your mind ". Orual's envy of the love and loyalty that Psyche had for the gods, which was her duty, when viewed through the lens of Christianity, is completely absurd.