Foolishly, Edmund consumes enchanted food and drink that the Witch gives him including two freaking pounds of Turkish delight. The combination of Edmund's own flaws and the Witch's power makes him a traitor to his brother and sisters. You mustn't think that even now Edmund was quite so bad that he actually wanted his brother and sisters to be turned into stone.
He did want Turkish Delight and to be a Prince and later a King and to pay Peter out for calling him a beast. As for what the Witch would do with the others, he didn't want her to be particularly nice to them […] but he managed to believe, or to pretend he believed, that she wouldn't do anything very bad to them. Lying to himself, Edmund betrays his siblings to the Witch. In this fantasy story with overtones of Biblical allegory, Edmund is like Judas—the trusted member of the inner circle who turns out to be a traitor.
Of course, as soon as Edmund delivers the information that the Witch wants to hear, she takes him hostage and treats him very badly, forcing him to march across the damp countryside without a coat, cold, wet, and hungry. During this journey, Edmund has a small revelation when he sees a group of animals enjoying a feast that Father Christmas gave them.
The Witch, angry that her anti-Christmas spell is clearly breaking, turns them to stone:. And Edmund for the first time in this story felt sorry for someone besides himself. Edmund's ability to feel sympathy and pity demonstrates that he can be reformed—as the poor animals get turned into statues, Edmund's stony heart becomes more human. Eventually, the Witch decides to murder Edmund, but he's rescued just in time by Aslan's followers.
At this point, Edmund has a long, private conversation with Aslan. 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.
After this experience, Edmund changes radically. He asks his brother and sisters to forgive him, and they do. Edmund and Lucy get into Narnia by walking through the wardrobe until they end up in the forest. No, he does not. Skander Keynes plays Edmund Pevensie. Skandar Keynes played Edmund. Skandar Keynes. Yes, Prince Edmund. He just wanted to be sad to that little girl. He has issues, remember? Edmund in Narnia is called skandar keynes. Edmund goes into the Wardrobe and into Narnia. Susan, Peter, and Edmund.
Turkish delight. Edmund Pevensie. Edmund tells Peter and Susan that he and Lucy were just playing a game about Narnia, so he can keep his secret about meeting the white witch and becoming king of Narnia from them. However, he is never THE king, as Narnia under the Pevensies has two kings: Peter the High King and Edmund just king , and after that Narnia has moved on with new monarchs, and, indeed, dynasties. Only Peter, Edmund and Lucy. Edmund was around years old.
Log in. Chronicles of Narnia. Study now. See Answer. Best Answer. Add to that the fact that he was feeling pretty sick after all the Turkish Delight and his mood would definitely have been pretty sour. It's also possible that he was actually rather frightened of Jadis, despite the sweets and the promises, and was afraid of encountering her again; so when they were hiding from the Macready, he didn't want to risk getting into Narnia again.
Thank you. I wonder why Edmund would go back at all if he were scared of the White Witch though. My conclusion is that the immediate embarrassment of having to admit that Lucy was took precedence over hopes of becoming a king which were more abstract in that moment. Let me know if anyone has more thoughts. When he was in Narnia, she was right there and could put the full pressure on him, not to mention there was the Turkish Delight in full effect.
Once he was back home, he could put it all behind him like a bad dream Another possibility is that he knew that if Lucy was proven right about Narnia, she'd also be proven right about the Queen being a "horrible witch". Whether or not he had any inkling that Lucy was right, the last thing he wanted was for Peter and Susan to believe that the Witch was someone to be avoided, if he wanted to get them to her house.
So, he lied to make Lucy look unreliable, and didn't really think this plan farther ahead than that. Admittedly, I've played a few bluffing games where I've tried a similar trick Once he was back in Narnia, though, he was outed as a liar almost immediately, and the children all got to see the Witch's work in action when they went to Mr. He no longer had any chance of convincing them, but given the way they treated him, he also had no desire to admit he was wrong, and wanted all the more to be proven right.
So, back into the Witch's power he went. I'll admit I don't really know how much the Turkish Delight plays into this there's a thread open around here somewhere about that topic, I believe.
I'm not even entirely sure we need it to justify Edmund's actions.
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