the Witch and the Wardrobe

S. Lewis, which was first published in 1950. The novel is set in a mythical land called Narnia, where the four Pevensie children travel through a magical wardrobe in the spare room. Throughout the novel, they fight against the White Witch to fulfil a prophecy and return summer to Narnia. Whilst teaching a lesson was not Lewis’s main intention, he still wanted the children who read his book to be able to learn something from the story. The main…

I have made a research and analysis essay of three strong women, where I looked at their stories, discussing their weaknesses and strength, how they reacted to different situations and an analysis of their characteristics with critics and scholars to support my points. Lady Macbeth is in the list of one of the strongest women in english literature, many people and scholars agree on how manipulative, insensitive and inhuman she is because she would step the boundaries of morality to achieve…

S. Lewis’s series The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Both the Harry Potter books and Narnia stories have magic, witches, and wizards. However, in the way that each story explains, there are different views and representations that take place. Lewis’s character, Aslan, is a direct representation…

found him an easy prey. “ Her flattery appeals to his pride and her magical Turkish Delight to his gluttony.” (Downing 93). But it wasn't the Turkish Delight, a symbol of sin and temptation that made edmund so bad it's the sudden loyalty to the White Witch and the betrayal to his siblings.While the Turkish Delight could represent gluttony, it can also represent just sinning in general. She promised to make him king. This fuels Edmund because he has never been able to stand up his old brother…

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, The Magician’s Nephew and The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis and the first two Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling have a multitude of complex characters for and against the quest’s in their texts. Northrop Frye’s “The Mythos of Summer: Romance.” outlines how he believes what a character’s traits are based on their position on the quest. Frye claims that, “Characters tend to be either for or against the quest. If they assist it they are idealized…

glamour and teenage empowerment. The creepy crone of fabled magic no longer, new spell-casters are young and attractive, the envy of modern day women. University of Warwick Researcher Rachel Moseley expounds upon this phenomenon, stating: “The teenage witch genre articulates a new powerful image of femininity. It’s not that the Hag and herb potions have become hip, rather witchcraft…

if you want the hot tub inside the house. To do this, why not create a hidden room behind a wardrobe or a bookshelf? Buzz Feed…

Imagery is used as a key device to show how birth order influences the personality traits of siblings. In the case of The Hunger Games and The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe imagery is used to reinforce Katniss’s role as Prim’s guardian figure. This is evident when Katniss wakes up one day to find out Prim is gone, “When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim’s warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had bad…

bring back the wonder that older people were able to feel when they were at a young age by telling stories about magical lands, talking animals, and wonderful magic that is able to keep the reader hooked until the very end. In The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Lewis is able to tell the story of four siblings who are in the middle of World War 2. According to Owen Barfield,…

traditions that lead to certain dance styles and moves can be traced back somewhat to the economic and political status of the time period and location of the dance. For example, in Mary Wigman’s Hexantanz, or “Witch Dance” (1914), it’s not hard to deduce - by examining the music and ghostly wardrobe - that the work was heavily influenced by spirituality. Another, arguably less ghostly example of dance that reflects its peripheral culture is Martha Graham’s Primitive Mysteries (1931), which was…