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Question about Treachery.

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Question about Treachery.

Postby Lirenel » March 16th, 2008, 1:29 am

I've been re-reading the books, and re-watching the Disney movie, and I came up with a few questions. Chief of which: At what point did Edmund become a 'traitor'? Was it when he left the Beavers' house with the intention of joining the White Witch? Was his treachery actually going to the Witch, or was it when he gave away that his siblings were at the Beavers' Dam? Telling the Witch about Aslan? Or was it all of that combined?

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Postby Lirenel » March 16th, 2008, 2:39 am

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Postby Tuke » March 16th, 2008, 3:00 am

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Postby Leslie » March 16th, 2008, 3:07 am

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Postby Larry W. » March 16th, 2008, 2:38 pm

Edmund admits to Eustace that he was a traitor in Voyage of the Dawn Treader. He doesn't say anything about when his bad behavior first began, though I suspect that like Eustace, he was nasty for a long time in our world before coming to Narnia. Although he was not called a traitor at the beginning, he wasn't loyal to Lucy in saying that Narnia was a game instead of a real place. When the four children stayed in the professor's house he was kind of heartless and cruel and it got worse when he didn't tell the truth about he and Lucy's visit to Narnia. We are told very little about his life and tha of the other three children before arriving at the house. But it's very probable that he was much the same in character before the story begins.

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Postby Lirenel » March 17th, 2008, 2:15 am

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Re: Question about Treachery.

Postby carol » March 17th, 2008, 9:17 pm

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Re: Question about Treachery.

Postby Lirenel » March 17th, 2008, 10:31 pm

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Postby carol » March 19th, 2008, 8:57 am

No, the treachery began with his unhappy school experiences and resentment.
It built up when Peter was taking charge when they were evacuated (and maybe, as shown in the film, when their father was already away), and gained its opportunity for action once he met the Witch.

The act of treachery was to leave the Beavers' house and walk to the Witch's castle in conditions he could easily have turned back in. He told the Witch where the other children were, and who had helped them.
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Postby Lirenel » March 19th, 2008, 11:10 am

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Postby Lirenel » March 19th, 2008, 8:36 pm

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Postby carol » March 21st, 2008, 6:16 am

True, but frustrating, I guess!? :wink:
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Postby Messenger_of_Eden » March 21st, 2008, 1:22 pm

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