In the C.S. Lewis classic, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Mr. Beaver was describing Aslan to the Pevensie children; Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. Mr. Beaver said “I tell you he is the King of the wood and the son of the great Emperor-beyond-the Sea. Don’t you know who is the King of Beasts? Aslan is a lion—the lion.” Then Susan stated she would be nervous meeting a lion. Mrs. Beaver said, “if there’s anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they’re either braver than most of else just silly.” Lucy asked if Aslan was safe. “Safe?” said Mr. Braver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.” (Lewis, p.86) …show more content…
Following Aslan, like following God and his will could be risky. It will entail sacrifice, loyalty and obedience that will make everything better in the long turn. (Livermore, p. 1186) The world of Narnia is fraught with danger from the moment Lucy steps through the wardrobe in to an unfamiliar world where a stranger lures her to his house with the intention of turning her over to the White Witch.
Next Edmund encounters danger in Narnia by meeting the Witch and falling under her “Turkish delight” spell. Then after his siblings enter Narnia, he sneaks off to the White Witch to betray his family in an effort to become the Prince of Narnia. The Witch reveals her true nature and takes Edmund as her prisoner. Peter encounters danger first when trying to save his sister, Susan, from the wolves that were sent by the Witch to kill them. He proves his bravery by slaying one of the wolves. This sets him up to be a leader of an army and King of Narnia. Aslan knew of these dangerous situations and allowed them to occur for the overall good of …show more content…
Narnia. Aslan is the King of Narnia. He has come to Narnia to save the land from the eternal winter caused by the White Witch and her reign. Mr. Beaver says that Aslan is not safe, but he is good. This accurately describes Aslan. He is not a tame lion but He is inherently good and pure. When Edmund is saved from the White Witch and brought back to Aslan’s camp, Aslan tells the children that they are not to bring up the past. “Here is your brother,” Aslan said, “and—there is no need to talk to him about what is past.” (Lewis, p.153) This action showed that Aslan encourages forgiveness, just as Jesus does. “Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” (Colossians 3:13, NIV) Aslan sacrificed himself to save Edmund who betrayed his siblings, to satisfy the “deep magic” that allowed the Witch to have a claim on all traitors. Aslan knew all along that He would be spared from death, yet he allowed himself to be shamed and humiliated on Edmund’s behalf. He chose to die for a person that didn’t necessarily deserve redemption, just as Jesus did. “The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and take it up again. This command I received from my Father.” (John 10:17-18, NIV) Due to a deeper magic than the White Witch was aware of, death was turned backwards and Aslan came back from the dead. Just as Jesus did. “Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize it was Jesus.” (John 20:11-14, NIV) The similarities between Aslan and Jesus are striking and easily recognized by a discerning eye.
Aslan embodies many of the characteristics of Christ. He is moral, fair and honest. “Instead of allowing Edmund to be murdered by the White Witch, Aslan sacrifices himself in Edmund's place. Like Christ's crucifixion, Aslan's sacrifice involves humiliation and torment, and for a long time he lies dead. But, also like Christ, Aslan is resurrected.” (Shmoop Editorial Team, 2008) Aslan teaches forgiveness by advising the children to forgive Edmund and not to bring up past transgressions. Many of Narnia’s residents were rewarded for their belief and hope in Aslan even though He had not been seen in Narnia for a few generations. Holding tight to belief in Christ’s return and imminent reign over earth will surely be rewarded as
well. From the character of Aslan, we see the warmth and the glory of God, a replication of His nature. “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.” (Hebrews 1:3, NIV)
While they agree that the beast is not a traditional monster, it is Simon’s philosophical understanding that allows him to fully realize the meaning of the beast. At the assembly, Ralph plans to discuss the beast, hoping to bring the fear to an end. Simon suggests that the boys themselves are the beast. Later, when Simon encounters the “Lord of the Flies” in a hallucination, the reader learns the extent of his understanding. The Lord of the Flies mocks Simon by saying, “Fancy you thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill...You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you?”(128). Simon realizes that there is something within humans that can cause them to act savagely. However, at the assembly, in an effort to understand what Simon meant about the beast, the boys suggest that the beast could be a ghost. Piggy firmly rejects this idea because he approaches the beast in the same way he handles most situations: logically and scientifically. As Piggy states, “Life… is scientific, that’s what it is…. I know there isn’t no beast- not with claws and all that, I mean- but I know there isn’t no fear either… unless we get afraid of people” (72). Piggy understands fear can have detrimental effects, but he does not yet understand that fear is within every person, and this is the “beast” that can cause people to act without
Have you ever felt compassion for someone and have you ever forgave someone for something they did? Well in the book Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe many characters showed compassion for each other and forgave one another at certain times. There are many characters in this book such as Susan, Lucy, Edmund, Peter, Mr. Tumnus, and Aslan. One of the themes for this book is to treat others the way you want to be treated.
The main characters from The Call of the Wild, The Hunger Games, and the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series all were on a mission. Buck from The Call of the Wild was trying to survive in the wild to so he could live his life. Katniss, from The Hunger Games, was trying to keep Peeta, her fake boyfriend, and herself alive. Percy, from the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, was attempting to save his city, family, and his friends. However, all three were trying to survive to accomplish something thereafter.
In the land of the Wicked Witch of the West, the inhabitants are referred to as “yellow Winkies,” and these people, who are “not a brave people,” are afraid to fight the witch and become enslaved. Like the Winkies, the Cowardly Lion believes he is not courageous. He has developed the strategy of roaring to scare his enemies like the Kalidahs, but the Lion runs away when he is challenged. For example, when the Lion meets the great Wizard of the Emerald City, he is prepared to scare the Wizard into complying with his desires; however, the Wizard appears as a Ball of Fire, singeing the Lion’s whiskers, causing the Lion to run away in fear. Yet, when the Lion’s friends are in danger, he demonstrates courage. As the Woodman, the Scarecrow, Dorothy, Toto and the Lion are traveling to the Emerald City, they encounter “a very wide ditch” that is “very deep” and has “many big, jagged rocks at the bottom.” With great risk to himself, the Lion offers to jump across the divide with his companions on his back to bring them to safety. The Lion’s golden mane and cowardly demeanor make him appear yellow, but inwardly he is not. He can not see that he is truly
Examine the different ways in which Shakespeare presents the attitude towards marriage in the play, ‘The Taming of the Shrew.’
First of all, Aslan and the White Witch are the representation of the good and evil throughout their respective physical and physiological descriptions. Beginning with Aslan, his physical description is reassuring and represent the good for children. He is the King of Narnia and he is a lion, the King of the Beast. He has great power and he is fierce. But, those qualities make him a safe friend for good people, because he is the protector of nice people and he fights evil. His goodness and his power can be show when the Beavers are first explaining who Aslan is to the four children: “[…] ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He is the King, I tell you.” (Lewis, 80) In this quote, it is understood that Aslan is good, but he isn’t harmless. He will be harmless to the ones that are pure of heart but harmful to evil people. He is loyal and strong. He is always there to guide the four children into the light of good. He can also be represented as a father figure because he is there to protect them and to help them. For his ph...
“Not only was resurrected from death, but gives life back to the witch’s statues; he represents the good and is quite clearly a figure of Christ” (Source B). Aslan, a mighty lion was a symbol for Jesus Christ, there were many ways that C.S. Lewis uses Aslan to symbolize Jesus, including: Aslan’s death for others, his resurrection, how he brings others back to life as stated above. “The most important character in Narnia is Aslan. Aslan founded and rules the kingdom” (Source G). Just like Jesus Christ founded and rules over the world, Aslan rules over Narnia. Throughout the book Aslan’s name has a certain glow to it that is unlike other names.
...itch was evil, because the Witch asked him to. He also goes on to tell her that the Beavers said Aslan will soon return (Lewis, 107). Thus, Edmond is named a traitor by the White Witch. "You have a traitor there, Aslan… Have you forgotten the Deep Magic?" (Lewis, 155). The White Witch asks Aslan if he remembers that the Deep Magic engraved on the Great Stone Table by the Emperor-beyond-the-Sea, Aslan's father, says that "every traitor belongs to me (Jadis) as my lawful prey and for every treachery I have a right to a kill (Lewis, 155). Aslan asks the Witch to take a walk with him and they go off to have a private conversation. This is where the next Christian symbol comes in. Aslan sacrifices himself on the Stone Table to save Edmund from his treachery. The parallel in the Bible is that Jesus Christ sacrificed himself on the cross to save humanity from their sins.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien, is the first book in the fantasy-based trilogy of the Lord of the Rings. The book begins with Bilbo Baggins celebrating his one hundred and eleventh birthday. After his party, he then decides to leave everything behind and join a Fellowship, which has a task of destroying the ruling ring, which will give supreme power to whoever has possession of it.
... argues that Disney movies have a good influence on children by teaching them good life morals. However, one of her examples, Mulan, is not an example of achievement through hard work like Zia explains, but rather a change made through magic, and example of the horrible historical inaccuracies made in Disney movies and the lack of parental respect that they teach children. Mulan is a great story of overcoming the odds and becoming who you truly are, if only the real messages where as honorable.
In The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis introduces us to a great and powerful lion named Aslan. C.S. Lewis is quoted in saying, “He is an invention giving an imaginary answer to the question, ‘What might Christ become like if there really were a world like Narnia, and He chose to be incarnate and die and rise again in that world as He actually has done in ours?”(Snyder and Baehr). Aslan is, according to Mr. Beaver in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, “He’s the Lord of the whole wood……………I tell you he is the King of the wood and the son of the great Emperor-Beyond-the-Sea” (Lewis 78-79 LWW). Aslan is interpreted in the series by many as a Jesus Christ-like figure. The actions that he does and the words that he says would confirm that interpretation for most people. In the very beginning of Narnia there was nothing, just darkness. Then Aslan appeared and created the whole world of Narnia; the plants, the water, and the animals. Also, Aslan picks two animals of the same species (one male and one female) and gives them the power to be talking animals (Lewis 104-125). In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, when Lucy and Edmund Pevensie have to go back to earth Aslan tells them that he will be there also. “It isn’t Narnia, you know,” sobbed Lucy. “It’s you. We shan’t meet you the...
...se Katherine is a, in that time, controversial female character. Females were supposed to be sub missive creatures who listened to there masters, Katherine never listened to anyone which bothered people. She was also rude and violent, ladies were supposed to be polite and were told not to fight. One serious issue is that Petruchio tried such odd way to get Katherine to be have some were on the verge of torture. He did not let her eat or sleep and he forced her to agree with him or she could not do anything she wanted to.
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.
Many perceive The Lion King, Disney's most successful movie to date, as Disney's only original movie; the only movie not previously a fairy tale from one country or another. This, however, is not the case. While The Lion King seems not to be beased on a fairy tale, it is in fact strongly based on the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Disney writers cleverly conceal the basic character archetypes and simplified storyline in a children's tale of cute lions in Africa. To the seasoned reader, however, Hamlet comes screaming out of the screenplay as obviously as Hamlet performed onstage.
Essay Assignment 1 The movie, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, was a powerful period piece that will continue to stick out among adventure/war movies because of the well-crafted storyline and a strong theme of hope in the face of impossible odds. The sequel to the first movie in the trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, the movie picks up following two young hobbits, Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee, on a quest to destroy the Dark Lord Sauron's’ one true ring of power. When the first movie ends, “The Fellowship”, is broken because Gandalf the Grey is presumed dead and the group splinters. This movie furthers the quest of “Fellowship” to destroy the ring and each “splinter” has their own objective to help defeat Sauron.