Lewis uses himself as a character in the first chapter “to break down the distinction between his fictional world and our ‘factual’ world.” Lewis grounds the story in real life and history; this makes the story feel tangible. As an author, he draws on people whom he knows to create realistic characters. He knows himself and knows what he would do when presented with a specific task, making himself a ‘player character’ that impresses the sense of authenticity into the story. Creating a story with himself in it makes the entire story more interesting for himself as well as his readers and feels similar to ‘breaking the fourth wall.’ The story then becomes personal, creating another point of interest that attracts the reader.
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Lewis intends for the Green Lady to be similar to both a pagan goddess and the Blessed Virgin because to him, a mixture of those two were how he imagined an unfallen woman on Perelandra would be like. However, because he was making an unfallen character, Lewis should’ve simply modeled the Green Lady like Eve, unless in his mind Eve was a mixture of a pagan and a Christian. Nevertheless, the Green Lady is like a pagan goddess in her almost otherworldly-like beauty. Besides the fact that she is of an inhumanly green color, she also has an entirely Greek goddess-like relationship with the animals of Perelandra as they love her and do her bidding. The Green Lady is also like the Blessed Virgin in her innocence, curiosity, and naiveté. She acts as God’s servant, listening and doing his command with regards to the Fixed Land. She is patient in listening and respects both Ransom and Weston in their conversations. In essence, Lewis’s intentions succeeded with regards to the Green Lady as is shown above. (ADD footnotes and References to spots in book talking about this!!!)
5. There are several obvious differences between the prohibitions on Perelandra and in Eden. First, on Perelandra the Green Lady wasn’t allowed to sleep on the Fixed Land; on earth, Eve and Adam weren’t allowed to eat the fruit of the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Second, the tempter on Perelandra came in the form of Satan possessing a humans (Weston’s) body while on earth Satan came in the form of a
3. Lewis has several …show more content…
Lewis intends for the Green Lady to be similar to both a pagan goddess and the Blessed Virgin because to him, a mixture of those two were how he imagined an unfallen woman on Perelandra would be like. However, because he was making an unfallen character, Lewis should’ve simply modeled the Green Lady like Eve, unless in his mind Eve was a mixture of a pagan and a Christian. Nevertheless, the Green Lady is like a pagan goddess in her almost otherworldly-like beauty. Besides the fact that she is of an inhumanly green color, she also has an entirely Greek goddess-like relationship with the animals of Perelandra as they love her and do her bidding. The Green Lady is also like the Blessed Virgin in her innocence, curiosity, and naiveté. She acts as God’s servant, listening and doing his command with regards to the Fixed Land. She is patient in listening and respects both Ransom and Weston in their conversations. In essence, Lewis’s intentions succeeded with regards to the Green Lady as is shown above. (ADD footnotes and References to spots in book talking about this!!!)
5. There are several obvious differences between the prohibitions on Perelandra and in Eden. First, on Perelandra the Green Lady wasn’t allowed to sleep on the Fixed Land; on earth, Eve and Adam weren’t allowed to eat the fruit of the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Second, the tempter on Perelandra came in the form of Satan possessing a humans (Weston’s) body while on earth Satan came in the form of a