XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis, rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: no@no.com   
      
   On 12 Apr 2007 14:25:14 -0700, nystulc@cs.com wrote:   
   /snip/   
      
   > But some people are determined to find "allegory", and are desperately   
   > looking for parallels.  And meaningful parallels and messages,   
   > intended by the author, are indeed present, but they are not the sort   
   > that critics carelessly assume.   
      
   /snip/   
      
   > Yes, Calormen and England are different.  Judas and Edmund are   
   > different.  Satan and Jadis are different.  Satan and Tash are   
   > different.  Even the Second Person of the Trinity has incarnations, in   
   > each world, which are intentionally different.  Ultimately, Lewis is   
   > writing fantasy, not allegory.  But there are parallels and moral   
   > messages, which are intentional   
      
      
   It depends on how LONG the parallels are, so to speak. Edmund's line runs   
   parallel to Eve with Turkish Delight and temptation to power, with Judas   
   for betrayal, with others for being rescued, with others for becoming the   
   most furious enemy of the Witch.   
      
   Also, one element, say Calormen, can have different sides paralleling (for   
   short times) different things which are not parallel to each other. And   
   some of the things aren't even theolgical: a princess fleeing from an   
   arranged marriage to an old man, is a fairy tale trope, not a theological   
   one.   
      
      
   Bree   
      
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