Carolyne Rivera - The Symbolism of Turkish Delight in The Chronicles of Narnia

In The Chronicles of Narnia, the British treat of Turkish Delight is used as a symbol of sin, a sin that is addictive and sweet that makes a person want more of it. In the Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, the White Witch, symbolizing the devil gives Edmund Turkish Delight to manipulate him to divulging information about his family that she could use against him. She gives it to him in abundance and he devours it all, hopelessly falling into her trap. When she leaves, he begins to feel sick from how much he has eaten, but he still desires more until he finds the Witch again, desiring more before he realizes it was all a trap and the kindness she had shown him was only bait so he would fall and betray the ones he loved.

C.S. Lewis used his allegorical symbolism to depict how sin affects people - at first, it is sweet and pleasant, but uncontrollably addictive and before we know it, it has a power over us that we cannot resist as we become enslaved to it. However, its beauty only serves to distract us from our destiny and if it is not stopped, we will be completely derailed from it. If Aslan had never saved Edmund from the White Witch, he never would have ruled alongside his siblings and he would have died a traitor.

In every hero's story, they have dealt with temptations that was purposed to draw them away from their path and it is their choice whether to succumb to it or not. We have that choice too, but when we fall, we stray from our divine calling and become ensnared by something that only ever designed to destroy us. Only by relying on God can we be pulled from the trap.

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