Character Analysis Of The Villain In The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

The villainous character is one of the main components of an superb story. WIthout them, the whole concept of a conflict would be non-existent in a story. The juxtaposition of heroes and villains is a necessary component in the plot of a story because it creates depth in terms of conflict, character development and resolve. Therefore, a villain is necessary in a story. But how do you identify a villain? In the novel The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S Lewis (LWW), the White Witch can be considered a villain because of her external appearance, manipulative acts, and merciless behavior.

Things are not always what they appear to be, they can often be circumvent. Jadis, also know as the Witch White in the novel LWW, is the self-proclaimed
As already stated, the Witch’s appearance is misleading and so, this easily helps her to manipulate her victims because one almost never expects a beautiful person to ever as evil as she is.For instance, when she had her first encounter with Edmund the White Witch presented herself in a very welcoming manner. Though she appeared charming and hospitable to Edmund, she truly wanted some more out of it. This is due to the fact that, she had found out that he was human and had three other siblings. Furthermore, she was aware of the prophecy that stated that “when Adam’s flesh and Adam’s bone sits at Cair Paravel in throne, the evil time will be over and done” (Lewis 87). And so, in order to make sure that this prophecy would not be fulfilled, she tried to get Edmund on her side. She did so by offering him any food he would like. He chose Turkish Delight. However, what he did not know was that this Turkish delight was bewitched so that anyone who tasted would continuously crave more. By giving him the enchanted food, she was able to manipulate him into betraying his own flesh and blood.In addition, she manipulated him into thinking that she was the good guy, throughout the novel Edmund didn’t want to think that she was the villain because of how she acted toward him and so he kept telling himself that “all these people who say nasty things about her are her enemies and probably half of it isn’t true. She was jolly nice to me, anyway, much nicer than they are. I expect she os the rightful Queen really. Anyway she'll be better than that awful also” (Lewis 97). By manipulating Edmund into thinking she was the good guy, this indicated the she can bring out the evil in anyone and that is what villain are superb at. All in all, her manipulative acts, especially those toward Edward, prove that she is in fact a villainous