Eternal winter

[King Edmund]

[carol]

We discussed this ages back, and perhaps the comment that stuck in my head was that winter is a time when there is no growth, and little life. The White Witch was fighting against the Life and growth that Aslan had put into Narnia at its creation. She was unable to make anything, just to mar it.

[Sunny]

[King Edmund]

[carol]

I liked the thought (liked? it wasn't nice really) - but I don't think it was I who thought of it.

[King Edmund]

I knew that.

[David]

[VixenMage]

[quote]Their chastity represents a response to God. The sterility of Filastrato, Straik, and Fairy Hardcastle is the evil mirror image of this.
quote]

I'd always thought Fairy Hardcastle had something a bit more sinister than just resistance to love. She seemed more along the lines of corruption of love. Perhaps it's the same thing, though. But it seemed like she was generally... I hesitate to say this, being utterly divided on this point... but she embodied lesbians, and Lewis felt that homosexuality was a corruption of love-- he does say as much, I think, in Mere Christianity. Now, agree or not that homosexuality is just corrupted love, Fairy Hardcastle still would seem the same if she was hetero. She doesn't love anyone, she merely uses them for her own purposes. I think it's implied that she sexually abuses the prisoners taken, or at least really enjoys torturing them... Wither says something to that effect when she has to let Jane go. But then again, maybe I'm just nitpicking.

[David]

We did talk about Fairy on another posting, I think, and thoroughly dissected her lesbianism/sadism and argued about all issues related to this. I think it was a discussion called Fairy Hardcastle, but I'm not sure.

[Unicornguy]

Oh, I really appreciate all your answers. =D

And you`ve made me even more desperate to get hand of "That hideous strength" (I`ve read "Out of the Silent Planet" three times, and "Perelandra" two).

[Frances]

Whiteness isn't always a symbol of purity; sometimes it represents evil. Think about Moby Dick. My favorite chapter, "The Whiteness of the Whale," gives all sorts of examples of whiteness representing evil: whited sepulchres, etc.

Though one reason I disliked all my (very few) English classes was just that kind of over-analyzing of every detail. I agree--people can go overboard with it.