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What did Aslan agree that the deep magic gave the witch the right to?
Aslan’s army is defiant, but Aslan says that the Witch is right: she has the right to have blood as payment for Edmund’s treachery. If she doesn’t get it, then Narnia will be destroyed in fire and water. Susan asks Aslan if they can work against the Deep Magic.
What does the deeper magic represent in Narnia?
The Deep Magic can be seen as an allegory for “Natural Law”, a philosophical concept that claims there are innate rules of right and wrong understood by all human beings. The source of this law is said to be above and outside of humans (i.e. God) and is a concept central to all civilizations.
Why did Aslan surrender to the witch demand?
Aslan does not protest. The Witch says she will kill Aslan instead of Edmund as they agreed. This sacrifice will appease the Deep Magic. The Witch, however, explains that once Aslan is dead there will be nothing to prevent her from killing Edmund, as well as the other three children.
What was Aslan’s response to the witches demand?
What was Aslan’s response to the Witch’s demand? He told everyone to stand back, and he talked with the Witch alone.
Why doesn’t Aslan fight the witch?
Why was Aslan resurrected?
Aslan’s sacrifice at the Stone Table. Aslan greeted Peter, Susan and Lucy Pevensie upon their arrival at his campsite, near the Stone Table. In order to save him, Aslan agreed to be sacrificed in his stead. However, according to the laws of the Deeper Magic, Aslan, as an innocent victim, was resurrected.
Why is Aslan resurrected?
Why was Aslan powerless before the Deep Magic?
Aslan’s powerlessness before the Deep Magic demonstrates that, although he may be the god of Narnia, even he must answer to a higher law. In Lewis’s Christian allegory, Aslan represents Christ, or God the Son, and the Emperor represents God the Father.
What was the deeper magic from before the dawn of time?
The Deeper Magic from Before the Dawn of Time was a hidden law written on the Stone Table before the beginning of time. It effectively acted as an addendum to The Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time; if an innocent being willing offered his own life in place of a traitor’s, the Deeper Magic would reverse death itself and restore them to life.
How does the Witch remind Aslan of the Emperor beyond the sea?
The Witch reminds Aslan of the “Deep Magic” of the Emperor Beyond the Sea, which says that any treachery committed in Narnia is punishable by death at the Witch’s hands. Edmund is a traitor, so he must forfeit his life to her.
How did Aslan come up with the idea of Narnia?
Narnia was made in the image of Aslan’s Country, the “real” Narnia, although it was nothing more than a shadow compared to the latter’s glory. At the creation of Narnia, Aslan also witnessed the writing of the Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time by his father, the Emperor-beyond-the-Sea .