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from. Chapter Summary: "When the other children woke up next morning ... the first thing they hear--from Mrs. Beaver--was that their brother had been rescued and brought into camp late last night; and was at that moment with Aslan. As soon as they had breakfasted they all went out, and there they saw Aslan and Edmund walking together in the the dewy grass, apart from the rest of the court. There is no need to tell you (and no one ever heard) what Aslan was saying, but it was a conversation which Edmund never forgot" (p. 117). And then the second conversation: "Fall back, all of you,' said Aslan,' and I will talk to the Witch alone.'They all obeyed. It was a terrible time this--waiting and wondering while the Lion and the Witch talked earnestly together in low voices ... Everyone became perfectly still in the end, so that you noticed even small sounds like a bumble-bee flying past, or the birds in the forest down below them, or the wind rustling the leaves. And still the talk between Aslan and the White Witch went on" (p. 119). In a way, this reminds me of my reflection on a chapter from The Magician's Nephew when I talked
about the importance of silence--but it's a little different here. It is not silence that is important here, but rather it is what goes unheard (not unsaid). We can certainly speculate what these conversations are about--the first probably contains words like accountability, regret, confusion, sorrow, repentance, and forgiveness. Or perhaps other words entirely--who knows. All we know, as a reader, is that by the end of Aslan's conversation with Edmund, he (Edmund) has been forgiven by Aslan,
and then seeks the forgiveness of his siblings. Everything else is up to the imagination. What does the White Witch decide to do with Edmund Chapter 13?The Witch and the Dwarf decide to keep Edmund as a hostage to bargain with Aslan and his forces. The Witch jeeringly states that Aslan will be forced to “rescue” Edmund, and makes reference to a ritual that must be done on the Stone Table.
What happens in chapter 14 of Narnia?The Witch's servants torture, humiliate and mock Aslan, yet Aslan's patience endures. The chapter concludes with hopelessness and sadness. The death of Aslan seems final. Once Aslan is dead, there will be no one to stop the Witch from attaining power and committing atrocities.
What does the Witch tell Aslan before she kills him?The Witch bares her arms and sharpens her stone knife. Aslan looks at the sky, quiet and sad. Before the Witch kills Aslan, she tells him that his sacrifice will not help: after he is dead, she and her army will kill Edmund and his family anyway, and she will rule Narnia forever!
Why did Aslan sacrifice himself?But very soon they learn that Aslan, the creator of Narnia, the son of the Emperor-Beyond-The-Sea, the Great Lion himself, had agreed to exchange his life for Edmund's. Aslan would die to save Edmund, the traitor, and also to protect the people of Narnia from destruction.
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