The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe Deception Essay

Deception in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe How many times can one be lied to or deceived in a short period of time? In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by Clive Staples Lewis, he writes a story about four children and their adventures in Narnia. These four children are deceived to many times throughout the novel. The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe, Lewis used the symbol of the Great White Stag, the archetype of the evil figure with the ultimate good heart, and the symbol of the Turkish Delight to convey to his readers’ deception in the novel. The Great White Stag represents a child’s imagination in the book, but it represents something very different according to Mary Jones and Melanie Reid. According to Mary Jones, “The

Mr. Tumnus said,”… I’m such a bad faun.” he explained, “Taken service under the White Witch…I’m a kidnapper for her, that’s what I am” (Lewis19, 20). Mr. Tumnus led her to his cave to lore her to sleep and then tell the White Witch that Lucy was in Narnia with him. Tumnus deceived Lucy by thinking he’s a good faun, but he was really just kidnapping Lucy for the White Witch. When he said he was a bad faun he showed he felt guilty for what he’d done to Lucy. When Edmond followed Lucy into Narnia Edmond met the White Witch; the Witch made him believe that she was good and the others in Narnia were bad if they were not on her side. When he came into Narnia, the second time, he left his siblings at the Beavers home and went to see the White Witch to tell her his brother and two sisters were there in Narnia with the Beavers. When Mr. Beaver was telling his story of Aslan, Edmond had slipped away into the bitter cold night. Mr. Beaver knew where he was going he said, “… he has already met the White Witch and joined her side, and been told where she lives” (Lewis92).Edmond betrayed his siblings and the Narnian’s, they thought Edmond was on aslant and his siblings’ side when he was truly on the White Witch’s side. After Alan’s army rescued Edmond from the Witch he turned his back on the White Witch and joined Aslan

She is doing this to get Edmond to trust and like her so he will do something for her. “When the malevolent White Witch, fearful of a prophecy telling of four children who will destroy her power, meets grumpy Edmond Pevensie, she offers him anything he wants if he delivers his siblings to her palace. He asks for Turkish Delight” (Feargus O’Sullivan). The Witch only offers him food and a hot drink so he would trust her and like her enough so that she can trick him into bringing his siblings to her. The White Witch deceives Edmond by making him think she was kind and caring, but she only cared about one thing, meeting the four children, Peter, Susan, Edmond, and Lucy, and destroying the prophecy of the four chairs at Cair