The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe Allegory

Assured Victory The adventure story The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is an allegory for Jesus’s passion and death. An allegory is a story that points to a higher meaning, often with a moral. In this specific story, characters and events are used to represent themes in the Bible. The most prominent examples of allegories are in Chapter 14, called "The Witch’s Triumph."

In the beginning of the chapter, everyone had "supper that evening" with Aslan, which "was a quiet meal" (Lewis 161). This was the last meal Aslan’s followers had with him, and parallels the Last Supper, which is the last meal the disciples had with Jesus prior to his sacrifice. Aslan’s demeanor is described as "very, very tired" and "sad and lonely" (Lewis 163, 164). This is exactly how Jesus felt as he was walking to his death. Both

Waiting for Aslan are the White Witch, who represents Satan, and her followers. The Tenth Station of the Cross is paralleled when the Witch says, "‘Stop! Let him first be shaved’" (Lewis 166). Similar to this, Jesus is stripped of his garments. Station Eight, where Jesus encounters Mary and other women, is displayed through Susan and Lucy. The women weep, just like Susan and Lucy. Lucy spoke with "tears streaming down her cheeks," and Susan "sobbed" (Lewis 168, 169). Jesus/Aslan soon reach the Cross/the Stone Table, where they eventually die. Lewis describes this when he writes, "...there was more tying...of cords…Then she began to whet her knife…the actual moment of the killing" (169, 170). The whole chapter appears to be hopeless, but it is not. The Witch and Satan think that they triumph, but Aslan and Jesus both defeated sin and death. The Witch herself says that Aslan won. She says, "...who has won?...save the human traitor?...kill you instead of him…Deep Magic…forever...lost your own life…saved his" (Lewis 170). Aslan is the perfect example of Jesus, the Savior of the