Good Vs. Evil In The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe

In Children’s literature, the characters are good or bad. The author attempts to teach the children without confusing them. They are learning right from wrong when doing this. In the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Clive Staples Lewis uses this in his novel with his characters. “He parallels the difference between right and wrong” (“Faith”). In the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Lewis shows good vs. evil and the archetypes hero and villain in his novel.
The White Witch is the most evil person in Narnia. “The White Witch is pure evil and tries to kill everyone who stands in her way of being queen of Narnia” (Persson 6). Here the reader is witnessing a figure that is truly evil and just wants to rule Narnia; so it can be hers, and so she

can make it horrible. The White Witch represents evil in good vs. evil. “She regards herself as the stern executrix of the law, punishing those who like Edmund have disobeyed it. ‘For every treachery I have the right to kill”’ (Lewis qtd.Wood). Right here the readers are probably thinking this is one strict queen, but she is actually crazy and very evil. She has the idea that no one can or will stop her, that she is invincible. This is showing how strict and evil she is and how she is representing evil in good vs. evil in this novel.
Aslan is the hero in Narnia and the savior.

“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.
In the Lion the Witch and Wardrobe, good vs. evil is teaching children the right from wrong in this book. Lewis uses the archetypes hero and villain very good throughout his novel to also portray right from wrong. His use of archetype the hero reminds readers that Aslan is the hero in his novel. He shows this by the many ways Aslan rescues and saves his people all throughout the novel. His use of archetype villain shows the readers that the White Witch is the villain in his

novel.