Blog 9: Hero's quest and film

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Chronicles of Narnia starts with 4 children, Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter which lived during the London Bombardment in WW2. They were send to their uncle's mansion by their mother, in which they stayed. While they were playing hide and seek, Lucy finds an old wardrobe, which was the gateway to the secret and supernatural world, which was called Narnia, the world of different magical and mystical creatures. When she goes in into that world, she meets Mr. Tumnes, who was a faun. He takes her to his home and then, tries to give her in to the evil queen who ruled Narnia with her snow and coldness for a long time. He tries to do that since Lucy was human and was part of a prophecy. There are many symbols throughout this film. First, Aslan the lion, is a symbol of power of good and the Queen Jadis, the witch, who represents the forces of evil. www.jonathanselby.com/Narnia.html.
Due to Campbell's "The power of the myth" the 4 children go to this magical world of Narnia and there they meet different supernatural beings, including the beevers, the faun, the lion and of course the witch. There is a clash of evil and good between the children. They have to choose sides, on which side they have to be on. For example, in the movie, Edmund wants to get revenge on his older brother Peter , since Peter is being a little bossy. He goes to the witch, who is really the person who wants to kill all of the children so her reign of power never ends. Since Edmund doesn't know that, he is accidently trapped within her grasp. The others, knowing that Edmund is in danger, go across the frozen river and went into Aslan's camp, where Aslan lived with the rest of his people, or other mythical creatures to get help. It's almost like the threshold, or the belly of the whale.
Since Peter and his sisters were humans, they were the protectors of Narnia from the witch Jadis and were supposed to be ones to save Narnia from her reign. But the witch wants them dead, and would do anything to get that. During the war, Edmund get's injured by the witch, by getting out of her command. She stabbes him, going after Peter. She would've killed him, but Aslan, who rose from the dead(being killed innocent)kills her. There is a connection of Christ, when he dies on the cross for all of our sins, defeats the devil and rise from the dead. After she is killed, Peter rushes to Edmund, who is dying quickly. Lucy uses her potion to restore him to life, which happens. When the war is over, Peter and his siblings grow up, becoming kings and queens of Narnia, and as time changes in Narnia, so do they. One time, they were riding through a forest, and Lucy saw a lamp post, which she saw long time ago. She rushed to the place where is the entry to the human world, and went back to the human world with her brothers and sister. When they did that, they returned to the same time when they left the human world for Narnia, nothing changed, not even the time. Based on the Heroes Quest by Campbell, Lucy and her siblings first depart for the mystical world. Then, they are given a test, from saving Edmund from the witch and saving the entire Narnia from her grip.

Work cited

"Narnia symbolism and meaning" by Johathan W. Selby (www.jonathanselby.com/Narnia.html)

Film "Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe"