The theme of good vs. evil plays out throughout the entire fantasy. I thought the most profound moment that played this out in Magician’s Nephew was the symbolism of the making of the Lamp Post. I thought it was very representative of the strength that Aslan stands for in good vs. evil. While his actions (by his indifference to the violent hit) represent the strength of good, the Queen at the same time represents the sinister intentions and rash behavior of the evil side. This opposition is played out through this instance and the victory of the good side is also shown as the iron bar grows under Aslan’s magic to become a Lamp Post. I think it is also interesting to analyze the relation between the descendants of Adam and the Lamp Post. Adam’s descendants let the Queen into Narnia and the Queen is the one who throws the material that is used to guide Adam’s descendants back into Narnia to conquer the Queen’s evilness. I think this could be best related to the Christian allegory. Not only are there many connections between Aslan and God as creators who mold a world at will, but there are also the shared good versus evil struggles that Christianity focuses on throughout history.
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