Not long after Aslan rises back from the dead, he demonstrates being a redeemer of an unforgiving world. Narnia has been held under control by the White Witch for so long, few can hardly remember the time when Aslan ruled and the prosperity they experienced. After awaking his followers, Aslan gathers all of his faithful followers to do one final battle with the White Witch. The violence ends in triumph, and power is restored to good through the coronation of Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. They are charged by Aslan to protect Narnia and ensure that “winter” does not come again. In comparison, according to Christianity, Jesus is also a redeemer of an unforgiving world. The Bible says that he came to a world corrupted with sin, and …show more content…
There are many other scenes and elements that mirror it as well. For instance, when the White Witch offers Edmund Turkish delight in exchange for what he knows, the dessert can be viewed as an equivalent as sin entering into the world (Friskney, 23). At this point in the story, Edmund trusting and helping the White Witch is the first act that can be viewed negatively, or in opposition of what the children (and later we find out Aslan) want to achieve. Much like the story of Adam and Eve, Edmund gave into the temptation of taking something that he should …show more content…
Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are left by Aslan to rule Narnia after the defeat of the White Witch. One may be able to compare the children to the first apostles of Christ. In Matthew 28:18-20 the Bible says,
“Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All Authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.’” (NIV Bible).
This passage shows Jesus appearing to his apostles after he had risen from the grave, and the directions he has given to them for how he should proceed in his absence. This is similar to Aslan leaving the Pevensie children in charge of ruling Narnia; both the children and the disciples of Christ are responsible for teaching those they come into contact with about their sovereign and the responsibilities that come with it. The disciples are essentially the “Christ pro tempore” of the early Christian church; they serve as God’s hands and feet, furthering their news to any who will listen. Like the disciples, the children are responsible for upholding the laws of Narnia, and making sure that all who live there remember what Aslan has done for
Imagining the similarities between one of the most famous Shakespearean plays and a new animated Disney movie is difficult, until you look deeply into the characters. From the Shakespearean play Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is extremely similar to Mother Gothel from the Disney movie Tangled. Lady Macbeth is Macbeth’s wife that has strong desires and personality. The movie Tangled created a similar character with Mother Gothel, she is Rapunzel's mother and believes in going after what you want. The two characters are not the exact same, they differ in their desires and in their ending demise. They are much more similar in their motives and their actions which reveal their shared character traits.
In Greek mythologies Heracles and Disney’s Hercules there are many differences that can be spotted. A few of which I will be discussing are when he is a Demi-God, meeting Meg, and when he does his twelve labors. There are also similarities between the two and I will discuss two of which discusses his strength and how he was a Demi-God in both forms of Heracles. Although Greece’s Heracles and Disney’s Hercules have differences, they also have similarities.
Fairy tale is a story that features folkloric chapters and enchantments, often involving a far-fetching sequence of events. Fairy tales have been around for thousands of years, whether it comes from Grimm’s Fairy Tales which is what most people consider the “classic” or “traditional” fairy tales to Disney movies, the idea of the fairy tale fills our society with lessons and examples of how we should behave and live; fairy tales teach the same things in different ways, or teach different things with the same tale. A couple of these tales are “Beauty and the Beast”, by Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont and “The Pig King”, by Giovanni Francesco Straparola. They are both tales about falling in love with someone despite their appearance. The similarities and differences between “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Pig King” is captivating while still depicting a similar tale. They are similar in the way they find love and their love story but they also share a similar behavior pattern in the way the girls behave towards the prince. However, the two tales do display a difference in the attitudes of the princes and their actions towards their love
The symbolism between C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, the fourth book in The Chronicles of Narnia, and the New Testament in the Bible, particularly the account of Jesus’ death is not merely coincidental because The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is, in fact, an allegory. An allegory is a story with morals in which characters, plots and settings are used as symbols. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis is rich with Christian symbolism even though the allegorical nature of it is the subject of much controversy. Nonetheless, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is an allegory. In this tale, four ordinary children find a wardrobe that leads them into Narnia, an extraordinary land parallel to our universe with talking animal and fantasy creatures. An evil witch has cast a spell of eternal winter over the land and has lured one of the children into betraying the others for enchanted Turkish Delights. Meanwhile, a magical lion, the nemesis of the witch, has arrived after a 100-year absence because of the betrayal of Edmund and ancient prophecies. Soon the children find themselves as involved in the battle as the other creatures and the lion must free Narnia from the clutches of the evil witch and atones for Edmund’s betrayal. The symbolism in the characters, plots, setting, miscellaneous things and themes prove Narnia is, indeed, allegorical
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The ship is a group of Narnians sailing east looking for the seven lost lords of Narnia. Caspain the king of Narnia is leading the search group along with Ripecheep the leader of the talking mice.( In Narnia animals talk and walk around like humans) Edmund, Lucy, and Eustace since came into the world in the ocean they have to go along on the rescue mission. They come to an island and they had to find food and supplies. Eustace decided to go rest for awhile and finds a place up a hill. When he wakes from his nap there is a thick fog and he thinks he knows the way that he came from. He walks down into a valley and sees a pond and decides to take a drink. He sees a cave and decides to go in. Inside the cave there is gold, jewels, crowns, diamond, all kinds of treasure. He puts a bracelet on and while he was sitting in a pile of gold he fell back asleep. When he woke up his arm was very sores and noticed the band was now very tight. Eustace walked over to the pond to take a drink and sees the relexion of a dragon in the water. He had been turned to a dragon by taking the dragons gold. He is a dragon for a few days then Aslan(Aslan is the great emperor of Narnia) comes to visit him and changes him back.
Aslan is the King of Narnia. Lewis tries to resist any recognition that Aslan is Jesus Christ. When readi...
Have you ever wanted to free yourself from the terrors and troublesome times of modern society and escape to a magical place? Clive Staples Lewis, or C.S. Lewis as he is better known, created such a place, in his extremely popular children’s series The Chronicles of Narnia. In these books, Lewis has an underlying message about Christianity. He represents four key aspects of Christianity in this series: Christ and God, evil in the world, and faith.
Fiction has always been used as a way to relay different types of messages throughout time. In many cases authors use fiction to make political commentary, use stories to bring out the major flaws that society has, as well as a way to spread different types of beliefs or ideals. C.S. Lewis’s used his work, “The Chronicles of Narnia”, to reiterate the messages of the Bible to those who might have gotten lost during their lifetime. Though his whole series was full of connections the book that have the most prevalent connections are The Magician’s Nephew and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. In both there are places that are very similar to and very different books in the Bible. Taking into context when Lewis wrote this series is extremely important to see what some of his motivations might have been. These stories were started soon after World War II had ended. These stories were a way to teach the next generation some of the morals that the Bible was teaching. By creating these fantastical stories Lewis was able to make connections to help bridge the learning gap between the two generations. Also by using children as a target audience Lewis was able to remind adults as well, instead of being ignored because of the recent war. Lewis was able to address these lessons and morals in a way that both taught the children the way of the Bible, as well as to put a new spin on old tales so that adults were able to come back to religion, after losing some faith during the brutal war.
The Wizard of Oz is a classic a universally loved film. It’s full of adventure, symbolism, and has a feel good story. It’s interesting though to see some parallels the Wizard of Oz had with other well-known classic fairytales. One example, is the famous story of Alice in Wonderland. A classic in its own right, and a staple in nearly everyone’s film repertoire. The similarities between these two stories are numerous. Starting with the main heroines themselves. Both Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland, have a young girl as their main character. Even the character’s appearances and lines are similar. Both sporting a blue dress, and describing their fantasies as curious. When Dorothy arrives in Oz she says, “What a curious place”.
The Chronicles of Narnia are veritably the most popular writings of C.S. Lewis. They are known as children’s fantasy literature, and have found favor in older students and adults alike, even many Christian theologians enjoy these stories from Lewis; for there are many spiritual truths that one can gleam from them, if familiar with the Bible. However, having said this, it is noteworthy to say that Lewis did not scribe these Chronicles for allegorical didactics of the Christian faith, but wrote them in such a well-knit fashion that young readers might understand Christian doctrine through captivating fantasy and thus gain an appreciation for it. With this in mind, and in the interest of this assignment, the purpose of this paper is an attempt to analyze one of the many doctrines of the Christian faith from The Lion, The Witch, And, The Wardrobe (LWW), namely, temptation and how Lewis illustrates it through an individual character, Edmund.
“The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”, by C.S. Lewis is an amazing book. The main characters in this novel are: Peter, the oldest and wisest, Susan the protective sister, Edmund the confused liar, and Lucy, their little adventurous sister. In “The Lion, The Witch, The Wardrobe”, Lucy finds a wardrobe that transports her into a mysterious world called Narnia. Narnia is frozen in eternal winter, enslaved by the White Witch, waiting to be set free. The main characters in this book are forced to make many choices and pay the subsequent consequences, some very serious. One of these choices that had a huge impact on the plot, was the decision to either go into the woods and explore Narnia or choose to be scared and stay inside the castle. If they had decided to stay away from Narnia, they would not have fulfilled the prophecies where Aslan the King returns and they fight along his side to overpower the Witch.
In conclusion, the secondary world of Narnia in C.S Lewis' epic tale offers much by way of literary significance. It provokes debate over abstract, complex ideas such as truth and faith. It allows reflection on our role in the real' world. It inspires hope that we all serve a purpose; that we are capable of affecting change. It provokes new reflections on the story of Jesus and the meaning of sacrifice. Finally, it presents us with a vision of clear values; stripping good and evil down to their cores so that we may return to the real world more certain of our own convictions.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, was based on a family being departed from their home due to the event of World War two. In comparison of both movies, the original one and the Walt Disney version, both group of kids enter a wardrobe with intense magic and had to fight a dreadful battle against the queen of Narnia. In contrast, Lucy, Edmund, Peter, and Susan response to Aslan was divergent between the two movies and how they reacted was surprising. With that being said, the two movies were very similar as they entered into the wardrobe of Narnia but throughout the movie their reactions altered in terms of Aslan.
“ʻ Wrong will be right when Aslan comes in sight. At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more, when he bores his teeth, winter will be no more and when he shakes his mane, we shall have winter again”’ (Lewis 85). This shows the readers, even though Aslan is good he can still be very mean when needed to protect his people and realm. Lewis is showing how good Aslan is as a hero and how good he is in representing good in good vs. evil. “Aslan is a brave lion, Son of Emperor Beyond the Sea, who leads the forces of good in a gory and successful battle, and whose sacrifice redresses the treachery of one of the children” (Pell). This shows the readers actually how good Aslan is as a ruler. Also, shows that his people will actually die for him in the war. Aslan is the good in good vs. evil.