The Chronicles of Narnia book series, for years, has been under the watchful eye of Christians and Non-Christians alike in search of Biblical parallels. There are the more obvious parallels: Aslan’s death on the Stone Table in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe/Jesus’ death on the cross, the Rapture/the end of Old Narnia in The Last Battle, and the two creation stories found in Genesis/The Magician’s Nephew. However, there are far more subtle Biblical parallels that Lewis himself might not even have realized that he had written. One of those such parallels I will discuss here: how Lucy and Susan’s character and attitudes in Prince Caspian relate to Mary and Martha of Bethany.
In Prince Caspian, towards the end of the ninth chapter, Lucy has spotted Aslan across the gorge of what was once the River Rush. No one believes her because no one else saw the Lion. Everyone in their …show more content…
And Martha does a similar thing with Jesus and Mary, complaining to Jesus that Mary was not helping her with the preparations as she should. And though Susan’s rebuke from Aslan does not stem from this complaint as Martha’s did from Jesus, they still are similar rebukes. Aslan tells Susan once they all can see him in the middle of chapter eleven, “You have listened to fears, child.” (162) These being her fears of not making it down the side of the gorge when they were being led by Aslan earlier in the chapter and fearing that Lucy was not telling the truth even earlier in the book. Martha receives a similar chiding in verse forty-one and forty-two, “‘Martha, Martha,’ the Lord answered, ‘you are worried and upset about many things…”. Those worries being about the food and other preparations for Jesus and the disciples, which can also be interpreted as fears for not having everything ready on time or in a well enough
In Prince Caspian, towards the end of the ninth chapter, Lucy has spotted Aslan across the gorge of what was once the River Rush. No one believes her because no one else saw the Lion. Everyone in their …show more content…
And Martha does a similar thing with Jesus and Mary, complaining to Jesus that Mary was not helping her with the preparations as she should. And though Susan’s rebuke from Aslan does not stem from this complaint as Martha’s did from Jesus, they still are similar rebukes. Aslan tells Susan once they all can see him in the middle of chapter eleven, “You have listened to fears, child.” (162) These being her fears of not making it down the side of the gorge when they were being led by Aslan earlier in the chapter and fearing that Lucy was not telling the truth even earlier in the book. Martha receives a similar chiding in verse forty-one and forty-two, “‘Martha, Martha,’ the Lord answered, ‘you are worried and upset about many things…”. Those worries being about the food and other preparations for Jesus and the disciples, which can also be interpreted as fears for not having everything ready on time or in a well enough