In Narnia: the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis used numerous amounts of symbolism and parallelism. The symbolisms and parallels tie the story to the story of Christ. Even the main characters symbolize main characters in the Bible. The Witch symbolizes the Devil, Edmund symbolizes the disciple Judas, and Aslan symbolizes Jesus Christ. Edmund, the Witch, and Aslan all symbolize someone or some concept in Christianity.
Edmund is one of the four children that travel into Narnia. He is the second youngest and feel as though he does not receive the appreciation he deserves. He is selfish and treacherous. The first time we see this is when he does not tell to his older brother and sister after discovering Narnia was real and Lucy was not lying and pretends he was just playing along with her game (Lewis 19). He also runs to the Witch, after discovering the return of the …show more content…
Edmund's treachery parallels Judas's betrayal, although, they met different fates (Perry 1). Edmund betrayed his friends and family for gluttony and greed much like Judas betrayed Jesus and his friends for greed. This further proves that Edmund symbolizes Judas.
The White Witch was the evil ruler of Narnia before Aslan came back to put order back into place. She has cast a spell over Narnia causing it to be a never ending winter but never Christmas (D'Ammassa 1). The curse is only to be lifted with the return of Aslan. The significance of this is that it symbolizes the coming of Christ, while the Witch symbolizes the Devil. Like the Devil, the Witch uses deception and plays on human's sinful nature to get what she wants. An example of this is When she is speaking to Edmund in the woods in their first encounter, ""My poor child," she said in quite a different voice, "how cold you look! Come and sit with me on my sledge and I will put my mantle around you and we will talk." Edmund did not like this arrangement at all but he dared not
Edmund is one of the four children that travel into Narnia. He is the second youngest and feel as though he does not receive the appreciation he deserves. He is selfish and treacherous. The first time we see this is when he does not tell to his older brother and sister after discovering Narnia was real and Lucy was not lying and pretends he was just playing along with her game (Lewis 19). He also runs to the Witch, after discovering the return of the …show more content…
Edmund's treachery parallels Judas's betrayal, although, they met different fates (Perry 1). Edmund betrayed his friends and family for gluttony and greed much like Judas betrayed Jesus and his friends for greed. This further proves that Edmund symbolizes Judas.
The White Witch was the evil ruler of Narnia before Aslan came back to put order back into place. She has cast a spell over Narnia causing it to be a never ending winter but never Christmas (D'Ammassa 1). The curse is only to be lifted with the return of Aslan. The significance of this is that it symbolizes the coming of Christ, while the Witch symbolizes the Devil. Like the Devil, the Witch uses deception and plays on human's sinful nature to get what she wants. An example of this is When she is speaking to Edmund in the woods in their first encounter, ""My poor child," she said in quite a different voice, "how cold you look! Come and sit with me on my sledge and I will put my mantle around you and we will talk." Edmund did not like this arrangement at all but he dared not