Allegory In C. S. Lewis The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe

Lewis paper Fantasy writing at the center of everything is a story that cannot possibly happen our world. It creates whole new worlds and realms of mysteries that could only possibly take place in novels and come from ones imagination. This is very noticeable in C.S. Lewis’ books and especially in the Chronicles of Narnia. From Aslen breathing on the statues bringing life back into them to Aslen being resurrected back to life, these great writings show how great fantasy writing can be and the great worlds that Lewis created from his own imagination. These alternate worlds and realms aren’t just from pure imagination; they have a deeper religious meaning. In The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, Aslen being crucified and rising from the dead days later is an allegory to Christianity. It is a parallel to Jesus Christ in our world today. Lewis has a very strong resemblance to Augustine’s beliefs and it is wide spread throughout his novels and writings. An allegorical relationship to religion in the books is more than just a quick background seen or a small character in these fantasy writings. It is mainly Christian in these writings, but it still can extend to other religions, we just don’t see it or notice it as much as we do with Christianity. In Lewis’ Myth Became Fact, the writing …show more content…
Lewis uses Augustine’s clarification of the serpent being linked to Satan as to the White Witch. He says” Satan made the serpent subject to him in spiritual wickedness, and, by abusing it as his instrument, had deceitful converse with woman.” The serpent tricked Eve by making Eve eat from the tree of forbidden knowledge. The same thing happened with Edmund who was ticked by the White Witch and gave in and ate the Turkish delight. Edmund became so infatuated with the Turkish delight and wanted to follow the White Witch with what ever she did. He wanted to go to her house right after to eat more, he couldn’t get