The Old Witch

world’s, ending up in the recently created Narnia. They by accident have unleashed a evil upon Narnia— an evil that comes back in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe— Jadis. They have to stop Jadis from terrorizing Narnia creating a battle between good and evil in this brand new world. The theme of good verses evil comes up again in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe against the same evil and then again in Prince Caspian. Digory sets free the evil queen Jadis from her world Charn. Before…

used their abilities for evil. It was this kind of magic that got a person labelled as a witch rather than the titles used for the practitioners of white magic. A witch was someone who used magic to cause harm unto others, including animals. Being a witch was based on the actions that a person did, not what they were. Witchcraft originated largely from Pagan beliefs, and so when…

Early Modern Europe (c1560-1660). Witch hunting was profoundly centred in England, Germany, and Scotland, and occurred during 1560 to 1660, accusing innocent scapegoats of practising witchcraft which conflicted with Christian beliefs. “Witches” were blamed for natural occurrences…

critically examines the origins of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, they note the obvious allegorical connections between the Bible and the story of Narnia. However, viewing this world and novel with a post-colonialist perspective, it reveals the complexity of many more discourses about the purpose of characters and locations. By looking at the world with this viewpoint, we can expose the 1000-year-old oppression through colonization that the White Witch renders over the land of Narnia and…

practiced black magic. Other harms caused to society, such as accidents, deaths, or bad luck, were also said to be caused by Black Magic. Witch-hunt was the fear of witchcraft led to witch hunts and executions. “Tens of thousands of people in Europe and European colonies died,” and “millions of others suffered torture, arrest, interrogation, hate, guilt, or fear.” Witch-hunt reached the peak during the protestant reformation. Being accused of witchcraft in the Middle Ages meant being labeled…

the best holidays because of the free candy. Everyone dressed up as a witch at least once in their lives on Halloween. Hearing the word “witch”, the first thing that might come to mind is the movie ‘Hocus Pocus’ or ‘Halloween Town’. Little did they know, witches or witchcraft exists and they are not all black pointy hats and broom sticks. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Europe, witch hunts originated. The witch hunts had goals to persecute the witches who practiced dark or…

The book The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe was written by C. S. Lewis in 1949. The setting of the book is in the country of England during World War II, and the main characters are Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. Because the children were living in London during the war, they were sent to the countryside of England. The house that they move into is owned by an old professor and resembles a castle. The book enters into its full splendor when Lucy, the youngest child,…

In these few weeks of class we began reading through articles with different topics. Two of the articles that got my attention was “ Witchcraft, justice, and Human Rights in Africa: Cases from Malawi” by Adam Ashforth and “Rape as Weapon of War in the Eastern DRC? The Victim 's’ perspective” by Anna Maedl. For each my peers and I have different reactions to what the author is trying to say in their perspective. In Adam Ashforth article, I disagree with the idea that witches do not exist in real…

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…

The book began with four siblings who escape war by moving in with a Professor. Lucy the youngest discovers a magical world hidden inside of a wardrobe. This world was called Narnia; a land ruled under the wicked and cold hand of the White Witch. Lucy, her sister Susan, her brother Peter, and her brother Edmund are the two Sons of Adam and the two Daughters of Eve that are prophesized to destroy the Witch’s reign and restore peace in Narnia. The four siblings enter into the magical land…