Comparing The Color White In The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe
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In Clive Staple Lewis’ book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Lewis writes about a mystical realm hidden in the depths of an old wardrobe. He describes an adventure that four young siblings go on. The siblings must face betrayal, guilt, addiction, and a villain before they come together as one. Lewis uses the archetype of temptation and the archetype of the color white to portray the theme of Christianity. In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the color white is used to represent purity, truth, and knowledge. “− . . . a great lady, taller than any women that Edmund had ever seen. She was also covered in white fur up to her throat” (Lewis 33). The White Witch is known as an evil person, but at first glance, one wouldn’t think she was an evil person, since she was wearing white. She offered Edmund a warm place to sit, a warm drink, and a plate of hot Turkish Delight. She told Edmund to come back with his siblings if he wanted to become the King of Narnia. In most books, the color white is used to represent purity and goodness, but in The…show more content… Later in the book, the reader finds out that the White Witch is indeed evil and that Lucy –the little girl− was right about the Witch. Lewis also uses the archetype of sacrifice to portray Christianity in his book. “After the witch lures Edmund into betraying his brother and sisters…, the lion sacrifices his life to save Edmund’s. But to the amazement of the grieving children, he returns from the dead” (Griffin). Aslan had sacrificed himself just like Jesus had done when the people didn’t believe that he was actually God’s child. Instead of Aslan dying because people didn’t believe in him, he died because he didn’t want the young boy−who was supposed to be king− to die. After several long and grief filled minutes, Aslan was resurrected because he wasn’t the one who broke his “contract” with the White