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This can be easily seen throughout her description by the other characters. In the following quote, Lucy is explaining to Edmund who the White Witch is: “She is a perfectly terrible person, said Lucy. She calls herself the Queen of Narnia thought she has no right to be queen at all and […] at least all the good ones—simply hate her. And she can turn people into stone and do all kinds of horrible things. And she has made a magic so that it is always winter in Narnia—always winter, but it never gets to Christmas.” (Lewis 42). Effectively, she holds in fear everyone in Narnia. If they don’t do what she commends them to do, she turns them into stone. She is the perfect incarnation of evil, feared by everyone. She is associated with winter, synonym of coldness and unwanted feeling. The term “White” is a bit ironic because this color is associated with pure and good, but in this case, it is just a cover to disguise the evil of her character. She is manipulative and it is in this way that she gained Edmund trust in the first part. All those characteristics are pointing to the fact that she is pure evil. She has a cold and hard face, she is merciless and cruel. In this quote, the evil is transparent into her expression: “A slow cruel smile came over the Witch’s face” (Lewis 99). In this quote, the children can easily identify the Witch as being the evil character of the story. But, evil won’t ever win in Lewis’ story because good is always defeating
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For example, she is the one that drag Edmund into her castle and to betray his sisters and brother. In order to have what she want, she uses maleficent ways. For example, she is cruel when it is time to kill Aslan on the Stone Table. The following quote shows the nature of evil of the Witch: “Stop! said the Witch. Let him first be shaved” (Lewis 153). She is already mean, but in order to humiliate him more, she decided to cut off his fur. This is the real representation of someone good less. Her actions are always towards people weaker than her, she has no pity. Having all Narnians fearing her makes her happy. All those actions make the child easily understand that he portraits evil. But, at the end, she finishes by getting punished for what she has done. Effectively, after the battle, good prevails. At the end of the story, Aslan fight and defeat the White Witch. Consequently, this is really a classic children book that covers good against
For example, she is the one that drag Edmund into her castle and to betray his sisters and brother. In order to have what she want, she uses maleficent ways. For example, she is cruel when it is time to kill Aslan on the Stone Table. The following quote shows the nature of evil of the Witch: “Stop! said the Witch. Let him first be shaved” (Lewis 153). She is already mean, but in order to humiliate him more, she decided to cut off his fur. This is the real representation of someone good less. Her actions are always towards people weaker than her, she has no pity. Having all Narnians fearing her makes her happy. All those actions make the child easily understand that he portraits evil. But, at the end, she finishes by getting punished for what she has done. Effectively, after the battle, good prevails. At the end of the story, Aslan fight and defeat the White Witch. Consequently, this is really a classic children book that covers good against