Myth:
The Chronicles of Narnia is built around this concept of myth. As most of us read long ago in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the four children explore their new home and grope their way through a magical wardrobe into the cold, wintery world of Narnia. Here -- as in the ancient myths that had captivated C. S. Lewis' heart -- animals talk, witches bewitch, curses turn flesh into stone, and the veil between physical reality and spiritual fantasies fade away. Myth and truth merge into more compelling illusions, while good and evil are redefined to fit the new story. Within its own spectrum of reality, we find that there is not only myth that involves the exterior of Narnia but in fact within Narnia itself, that delves into the …show more content…
This theme occurs in both the earthly world with the nice children versus the "evil", bullying ones, and in the other world, in Narnia, with the constant battle between Aslan and the descendents of the White Witch whom he battled from the time he created Narnia. The Evil Queen is a descendent of the original Witch and is constantly trying to overpower good with her evil, for example, using Prince Rilian, who will be recognized as a force of good, to help her to rule Narnia with her evil. Throughout the book acts of good are shown to overcome acts of evil, and the characters who act with evil in their hearts are eventually beaten by the forces of good that come from the good hearts of the children and the fact that they are doing what Aslan, the embodiment of Good, tells them to do.
In a scene in The Silver Chair reminiscent of Jesus’ discussion with the Samaritan woman at the well described in John 4, Aslan speaks with Jill Pole on issues related to salvation and once again seeks, through those who serve him, to overcome evil with good, restoring Prince Rilian and, in the process, destroying the evil Witch of the
The Chronicles of Narnia is built around this concept of myth. As most of us read long ago in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the four children explore their new home and grope their way through a magical wardrobe into the cold, wintery world of Narnia. Here -- as in the ancient myths that had captivated C. S. Lewis' heart -- animals talk, witches bewitch, curses turn flesh into stone, and the veil between physical reality and spiritual fantasies fade away. Myth and truth merge into more compelling illusions, while good and evil are redefined to fit the new story. Within its own spectrum of reality, we find that there is not only myth that involves the exterior of Narnia but in fact within Narnia itself, that delves into the …show more content…
This theme occurs in both the earthly world with the nice children versus the "evil", bullying ones, and in the other world, in Narnia, with the constant battle between Aslan and the descendents of the White Witch whom he battled from the time he created Narnia. The Evil Queen is a descendent of the original Witch and is constantly trying to overpower good with her evil, for example, using Prince Rilian, who will be recognized as a force of good, to help her to rule Narnia with her evil. Throughout the book acts of good are shown to overcome acts of evil, and the characters who act with evil in their hearts are eventually beaten by the forces of good that come from the good hearts of the children and the fact that they are doing what Aslan, the embodiment of Good, tells them to do.
In a scene in The Silver Chair reminiscent of Jesus’ discussion with the Samaritan woman at the well described in John 4, Aslan speaks with Jill Pole on issues related to salvation and once again seeks, through those who serve him, to overcome evil with good, restoring Prince Rilian and, in the process, destroying the evil Witch of the