Christian symbolism in Narnia

[Leora]

Hello my name is Leora. I am doing a research project for my literature class on the religous symbolism in Narnia. I am not exactly sure what symbols I should use. I need three symbols and I need to choose three books that each have these symbols and find criticisms and praise by others on each of those points. I have come up with some symbols that I might use: good, evil, temptation and salvation. And the three books I think I would like to use are The Magician's Nephew, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, and the Last Battle. The only problem is that in the Magician's Nephew I cannot think of anything about salvation. And in the Last Battle I don't know anything that has to do with temptation. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on which books symbols I should use.

-Leora

[Aslan the Wise one]

You should chack out my topics that I have posted. I have done a three year study on the christian&symbols in the Narnia books and I would be glad to share my info with you just Pm me if you like.?

[WiseEdmund]

Hello my name is Leora. I am doing a research project for my literature class on the religous symbolism in Narnia. I am not exactly sure what symbols I should use. I need three symbols and I need to choose three books that each have these symbols and find criticisms and praise by others on each of those points. I have come up with some symbols that I might use: good, evil, temptation and salvation. And the three books I think I would like to use are The Magician's Nephew, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, and the Last Battle. The only problem is that in the Magician's Nephew I cannot think of anything about salvation. And in the Last Battle I don't know anything that has to do with temptation. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on which books symbols I should use.

-Leora

while here i'll try and answer you in the best of my capacity.

Good- universally Aslan in any book along with any king or queen of narnia along with the children(Eustace and Jill). I didn't include all the narnians because as we all know, the dwarfs and many other narnians turn bad in the last battle.

Evil- Jadis(play the foreboding music in the background). There are also other evil characters or simply bad people like uncle andrew or the Calormenes who probably can fall under this category.

Temptation- I suggest you read between the lines more in the relationship between shift and puzzle. Shift tempts not only puzzle into impersonating Aslan but also tempts many fellow narnians into a relativist understanding of who Aslan is. In the magician's nephew it was either Jadis or any of her poetry. A quote for which would be 'Make your choice adventurous stranger...' or the part where she's trying to tempt Lord Digory in the Silver Garden. As for LWW, can i interest you in some turkish delight? ;)

Salvation- Easiest of all. In the magician's nephew it is when Lord Digory retrieves the apple and plants it in the lantern waste, closely followed by the healing of his mother. In LWW you have Aslan taking Edmund's place at the cro... err... stone table ;) and you have Aslan and the resurrected army arriving to rescue Peter and Edmund at the battle of Beruna. As for the Las battle, you might as well read all the chapters that happen after they enter the stable :D

I hope this helps :)

[Leora]

while here i'll try and answer you in the best of my capacity.

Good- universally Aslan in any book along with any king or queen of narnia along with the children(Eustace and Jill). I didn't include all the narnians because as we all know, the dwarfs and many other narnians turn bad in the last battle.

Evil- Jadis(play the foreboding music in the background). There are also other evil characters or simply bad people like uncle andrew or the Calormenes who probably can fall under this category.

Temptation- I suggest you read between the lines more in the relationship between shift and puzzle. Shift tempts not only puzzle into impersonating Aslan but also tempts many fellow narnians into a relativist understanding of who Aslan is. In the magician's nephew it was either Jadis or any of her poetry. A quote for which would be 'Make your choice adventurous stranger...' or the part where she's trying to tempt Lord Digory in the Silver Garden. As for LWW, can i interest you in some turkish delight? ;)

Salvation- Easiest of all. In the magician's nephew it is when Lord Digory retrieves the apple and plants it in the lantern waste, closely followed by the healing of his mother. In LWW you have Aslan taking Edmund's place at the cro... err... stone table ;) and you have Aslan and the resurrected army arriving to rescue Peter and Edmund at the battle of Beruna. As for the Las battle, you might as well read all the chapters that happen after they enter the stable

I hope this helps :)

Well I am quite certain I am going to use good and evil, but I am not sure if I am going to use either temptation or salvation. The problem is I need to find out which one is better to use and which one will I find the most information on. Salvation is very strong in all of the books, but temptation is not so strong in TLB. Though Puzzle knew what he was doing was wrong he did it because Shift pushed him into it. Was that really temptation or ignorance? And in TMN there seems to be a fine line between temptation and evil. Doesn't the WW represent both or is it just the apple that symbolises temptation? I think I still have a lot of research to do on this subject. Thank you WiseEdmund. :)

Edit: "As for LWW, can i interest you in some turkish delight?" That made me laugh by the way.