The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Themes

In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, good and evil are straightforward and undisguised. Or, rather: thinly disguised. (Good as a lion, evil as a witch.) Good is ultimately more powerful than e...

The ability to forgive those who have caused you harm or betrayed you is the most important virtue in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe...besides the virtue to Just Say No to Turkish delight. (...

Betrayal is the greatest possible wrong that can be committed in the world of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe...and we're saying that in a world where people are turned into statues, sacrific...

There are a bunch of types of transformation in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.It's possible for individuals to transform from unpleasant and selfish people to wise and just ones, but only w...

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe functions as a spiritual allegory...and not, as the inclusion of fauns would suggest, an allegory of Greek mythology. (Come on: Aslan is way too nice to be mod...

In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, every individual must take full responsibility for his or her own actions...especially that little twerp, Edmund.We learn a bunch of big-deal lessons about...

Courage in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe isn't a feeling—it's a way you behave.Although you might feel despairing, frightened, or sick, you can still behave bravely. And even though brave...

 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is all about the ties that bind. Family is about as important to the Pevensie kids as it is to, say, the Corleone clan.  The curse of the White Witc...

Magic and miracles are two sides of the same coin in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and it can often be difficult to tell where a spiritual miracle ends and a magical happening begins. In o...

In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, human beings and other creatures are at their best when they live in harmony with the natural world and don't try to halt the passage of time or change nat...

The desire to explore and experience new things is front and center in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. And C.S. Lewis doesn't try to sugar-coat either the dangers or the thrills of explorati...