Thursday, April 06, 2006

The Stone Table

"You have a traitor in your midst, Aslan.... Have you forgotten the laws on which Narnia was built?... Then you’ll remember well that every traitor belongs to me. His blood is my property.... Unless I have blood, as the Law demands, all Narnia will be overturned and perish in fire and water." - the White Witch, accusing Edmund

"She has renounced her claim on the Son of Adam’s blood!" - Aslan, having agreed to sacrifice his life as a ransom for Edmund's

"Did you really think that by all this you could save the human traitor? You are giving me your life and saving no one. So much for love. Tonight the Deep Magic will be appeased, but tomorrow we will take Narnia forever! In that knowledge, despair... and die!" - the White Witch, moments before Aslan's death

"If the witch knew the true meaning of sacrifice, she might have interpreted the Deep Magic a little differently. When a willing victim who has committed no treachery is killed in a traitor’s stead, the Stone Table would crack and even Death itself would turn backwards." - Aslan, after his resurrection

- from the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

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