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What did the witch not know?
The Stone Table was broken into two pieces by a great crack that ran down it from end to end; and there was no Aslan. “It means,” said Aslan, “that though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time.
What was the agreement between Aslan and the Witch?
The Witch tells Aslan that he is lost. 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 were some of the excuses he made up about the witch in his own mind?
The excuses Edmund made in his mind to justify his actions were that her enemies were telling lies about her, that she probably was the rightful Queen, and that she was better than Aslan.
What does the stone table say?
Symbolic meaning Just as Mosaic law, written on stone tablets, promised inflexible punishment for sin; so The Deep Magic written on the Stone Table said that for every treachery the punishment was death.
What did the deep magic give the witch the right to do?
The Witch reminds Aslan of the Deep Magic, which was written on the Stone Table by the Emperor at the beginning of time: the Witch has the right to punish traitors, and their lives are forfeit to her.
What was the role of the law in the witch trials?
This article examines the role played by the law – both the written law and the officials who administered it – in restricting the number of prosecutions, curbing the use of torture in witchcraft cases, introducing new rules of evidence in witchcraft trials, and playing the leading role in ending the trials.
Are there any laws against witchcraft in the United States?
Even today, there are laws in some parts of the world against the practice of witchcraft. In some countries, it’s even punishable by death. But what about in the United States?
Is the Bill of Rights protected in the Salem witch trials?
With the Bill of Rights in place, interpretations of the First Amendment consistently ruled that slander and defamation were not protected by the Constitution. This image is a fanciful representation of the Salem witch trials. (“The witch no. 1,” Joseph E. Baker, 1892, image via the Library of Congress)
Why was witchcraft considered to be a crime?
The law as it applied to witchcraft has often been viewed as a system of repression because witchcraft was considered a religious crime, and because many of the courts that prosecuted witches used torture to extort confessions from them.