Narnia allegory thought

[celticdragonfly]

Since we're home with sick kids, I rented a bunch of videos last night. Today we've been watching Narnia, in bits and pieces. I just had a part of the allegory click into focus for me that I hadn't gotten when reading it in the past.

If the Witch knew the true meaning of sacrifice, she might have interpreted the Deep Magic differently. That when a willing victim has who has committed no treachery is killed in a traitor's stead, the Stone Table will crack and even Death itself will turn backwards

The stone table will crack - allegory for Mosaic law in the form of the tablets. Ohhhhhh. Right.

Interesting insight, albeit with a feeling of "why did I not see that before?"

Comments

[kd5mdk.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm missing the implication of this.

Do Narns come from Narnia?

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

That's okay. I just "got" the line about "Every year you grow, you will find me bigger." That was all about spiritual growth. Grr Arg and much smacking of myself upon the noggin!

I just picked up the whole batch of unabridged readings on iTunes, which was priced about $15 less than the CD versions at Borders. Nice. Good performances by big-name actors; "Prince Caspian" with Lynn Redgrave and "Dawn Treader" with Derek Jacobi just got me too and from San Diego this past weekend.

[joyeuse13.livejournal.com]

I decided a while ago that Narnia is actually biblical fanfic. :D

That movie is well-nigh perfect. There's not a damn thing wrong with it, and I'm picky about my biblical fanfic childhood nostalgia.

And Tilda Swinton--soooo badass.