The Resurrection Of Aslan Research Paper

The animation of Aslan can assist children in understanding the significance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ to the Christian faith. Aslan animated the morning after he was sacrificed just as Christ Jesus “was buried, and...rose again the third day” (1 Corinthians 15:4). Aslan explains to them that “when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward.” (Lewis 90) The idea behind the resurrection of Christ is that he defeated “sin and death” through his sacrifice on the cross. Similarly, when Aslan rose from the dead, he essentially defeated death and the Witch’s power, (which is evil or sin in the story). The idea that death was

Some people believe that the Christ-like figure of Aslan should not have killed the White Witch because it goes against Jesus’s teachings of forgiveness and “thou shalt not murder.” (Exodus 20:13) Though Jesus did teach these things, Revelations states that “the end” will be devastating with war, famine, pestilence, and death all leading up to the ultimate defeat of the Darkness by the Light. (Revelations) Though Lewis does not address sickness and famine, he does address the war and death. The battle, as illustrated in chapter sixteen and seventeen shows war, death, and the vanquishment of the evil White Witch. The execution of the White Witch was necessary to represent the book of Revelations and the triumph over evil, rather than a contradiction to the teachings of Jesus Christ. The fact that the righteous Aslan defeated the White Witch in both his resurrection and his actual elimination of her demonstrates how “Wrong will be right...sorrows will be no more...winter [will meet] its death” which is an important thing to remind children of with the devastation of WWII fresh on their minds (Lewis