...NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE' Two Wars of Good and Evil By A. O. SCOTT In the weeks leading up to the release of "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," the entertainment press has sometimes seemed so preoccupied with matters of allegory as to resemble an advanced seminar in Renaissance literature. It has never been a secret that C. S. Lewis, who taught that subject and others at Oxford for many years, composed his great cycle of seven children's fantasy novels with the New Testament in mind and with some of the literary traditions it inspired close at hand. To the millions since the 1950's for whom the books have been a source of childhood enchantment, Lewis's religious intentions have either been obvious, invisible or beside the point. Which is part of the appeal of allegory, as he well knew. It is a symbolic mode, not a literal one - there are, after all, no talking beavers in the Bible - and it constructs distinct levels of meaning among which readers travel of their own free will. An allegorical world is both a reflection of the real one and a reality unto itself, as Lewis's heroes, the four Pevensie children, come to discover. The story of Aslan's sacrifice and resurrection may remind some readers (and now viewers) of what they learned in Sunday school, but others, Christian or not, will be perfectly happy to let what happens in Narnia stay in Narnia. The supposed controversy over the religious content of "The Lion, the Witch and the...
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...Omar Holayel 4/09/2015 English 223 Other-world Fantasy Dr. Shortsleeve Call of the Wild: C.S. Lewis’s Use of Anthropomorphism In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe In C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) Lewis introduces us to a magical new world called Narnia found on the other side of a mystical wardrobe in which time stands still. Peter, Edmund, Lucy, and Susan Pevensie, the main protagonist of the story, are children who have become caught in a unnamed war in London (presumed to be WWII), are moved far away from harms way and are forced to live with a old professor (Lewis, 7). In the old professors house they discover a magical wardrobe that leads to Narnia. The wardrobe’s supernatural characteristics were discovered early on by the youngest Pevensie Lucy (Lewis, 10). This initiation of surreal events by Lucy plays into the creative fantasy that is the world of Narnia. This sudden acceptance of fantastic events by Lucy can be compared to C.S. Lewis’s Of other Worlds: Essays and Stories (1975) in which he suggests this phenomenon to be “a special type of longing” (Of other Worlds, 30). The world of Narnia is described as a snow-covered land surrounded by immense pine forests and fragmented by streams. The geographical layout of Narnia plays an important role in the creation of the...
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... Christianity in the medieval age 6 5.1. Aslan, the Lion parallel to Jesus Christ 6 5.2. The Table of Stone. 7 6. The seven deadly sins 8 6.1. Gluttony – sin by Edmund 9 7. Knighthood 10 7.1. The battle and the coronation 11 8. Conclusion 12 9. List of References 13 Abstract The purpose of this study is to analyze the medieval influences and aspects in the movie The Chronicles of Narnia; The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. The movie emphasizes important elements of the Middle age. It is about the four Pevensie children, Peter, Suzy, Edmund and Lucy who entered the magic land of Narnia and with the help of Aslan, the Lion, fought the Wicked White Witch Judas. Thus they gave freedom to the other animals and restored peace and harmony in Cair Paravel and Narnia. The film captures brilliantly these moments and transmits them to the public. One of the main focuses of the film was the religious belief ‘Christianity’. The movie responds to the quasi- spiritual Christian beliefs and truths of good versus bad, highlighting the defeat of the Witch and her death. Secondly, it shows how the younger brother Edmund fell in the trap of the White Witch due to his “gluttony” of the Turkish delights and betrayed his brother and sisters. Last but not the least; the movie stresses another important aspect of medieval age “knighthood”. Peter fought with the Witch and the latter’s army, overcoming his fears and was crowned...
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...he White Witch (Cameo) Tilda Swinton The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Michael Clayton; Prince Caspian; Burn After Reading he White Witch (Cameo) Tilda Swinton The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Michael Clayton; Prince Caspian; Burn After Reading Peter (Cameo) William Moseley The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Prince Caspian Gumpas Money Collector Michael Foster Dawn Treader Crew - Royal Navy Officer Zack Kibria Dawn Treader Crew - First Mate Robbie Harrison Nausus the Faun and Stand-in for Reepicheep Steven Rooke Caspian Ben Barnes Ang dalawang bunsong Pevensie bata, Lucy at Edmund , ay mamalagi sa kanilang mga kasuklam-suklam na pinsan sa Eustace Scrubb habang ang kanilang mga mas lumang mga kapatid na lalaki Pedro ay pag-aaral para sa kanyang mga pagsusulit sa unibersidad ng pasukan sa Propesor Kirke , at ang kanilang mga mas lumang mga kapatid na babae Susan ay naglalakbay sa pamamagitan ng America sa kanilang mga magulang. Edmund, Lucy, at Eustace ay iguguhit sa Narnian mundo sa pamamagitan ng isang larawan ng isang barko sa dagat. (Kuwadro, pabitin nagpapabaya sa bisita ang kwarto na ang Pevensie mga bata ay ang paggamit, ay isang hindi kanais-nais na kasalukuyan sa Eustace ng magulang.) Ang tatlong anak ng lupa sa karagatan malapit sa pictured daluyan, ang titulado Treader ng Dawn , at ay kinuha nakasakay. Ang na Dawn Treader ay ang barko ng sa Caspian X , Hari ng Narnia , na ay ang key na character sa nakaraang libro ( Prince Caspian...
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...Essay: Lucy Looks Into a Wardrobe Mankind has always had a need to believe in something. Some believe in God, some in Allah and some in science but I think that all human beings have in common that they all believe that good always defends evil. If we just have our family and friends everything can be figured out. This is exactly what the story Narnia is about. The story is set in England during the Second World War. Peter, Lucy, Susan and Edmund live in London in a middleclass family. During the war they were evacuated from the city because of air raids. They were sent to the countryside to a very large house with a lot of rooms. Mountains and woods surround the house and it lies ten miles from the nearest railway station. Even though it is here the story starts it is in the fantastic world of Narnia, which Lucy discovers thought a wardrobe, the main part of the story takes place. When Lucy enters Narnia it is winter and snow falls from the sky. Narnia is a very beautiful place with woods, mountains and an overwhelming nature. Narnia is a world with magical creatures as fauns, talking lions, centaurs and dwarfs. There does not live any humans in the land of Narnia however the land needs to be ruled by four humans. Narnia is ruled by Aslan, two kings and two queens but right now the land is subordinated by the White Witch, Jadis. She has cursed the land with eternal winter. And here the four siblings come into the picture. Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy play a big role...
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...and Lucy Pevensie went back to Narnia in order to help the purported prince to claim his power and restore the land to its former magic. Upon the siblings return to Narnia, they find themselves in the ruin of their old castle, Cair Paravel. Over a millennium has passed on Narnia between the time they last went home at the end of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”, and their return. This happened during their last visit, which is when they reigned as kings and queens well into adulthood before returning to England as children, with no time at all their memories of life in Narnia come back to them. There are two major themes in this novel which are courage and loyalty. Aslan who is the great lion who created Narnia were portrayed as a Christ figure by Lewis. Aslan’s father who is the “Emporer-Over-Sea is the God Father. In this novel, the Pevensie’s were very loyal to Aslan. Their courage and braveness to save the kingdom of Narnia from being rule by the bad ruler were proved in this novel as in end of this story, they manage to save Narnia. The siblings went through a lot of ups and down but they never give up. Since that this novel is children’s imaginary novel, the setting of this story is not real. It is an imaginary and created by the writer. This story is imagining as in thousand years before. There are clash of time setting because before the siblings got into the closet, As the plot of this story, the story begins while Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie...
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...British Author Clive Staples Lewis, better known as C.S Lewis, was a master of literary writing and one of the most recognizable writers of the twentieth century. The Oxford educated writer wrote young adult novels, science fiction, poetry, literary criticisms and Christian theology all for which he famous for. Despite all his literary works, he is most known, much to his annoyance in his lifetime, for The Chronicles of Narnia series that tells the adventures of Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie in the land of Narnia. C.S Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia series is filled with subtle Christian symbolisms and allegories such as the creation of the world, the death and the resurrection of Christ, allegories and symbolism that at first weren’t intentional on Lewis’ part, yet still cemented into the series along with influences from his childhood and Northern European mythology....
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