Chapter 12 - Sorcery and Sudden Vengeance
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Dec 23, 2014 8:24 am
by Pattertwigs Pal
1. Do you think the hag was correct in saying, "you can always get them back"? In other words, what do you think would have happened if the hag had been allowed to try her magic?
2. What did the werewolf mean when he said, "I am hunger, I am thirst"?
3. What did we learn about the characters in this chapter?
4. What was your favorite part of this chapter?
Re: Chapter 12 - Sorcery and Sudden Vengeance
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May 24, 2015 12:08 pm
by aileth
1. Do you think the hag was correct in saying, "you can always get them back"? In other words, what do you think would have happened if the hag had been allowed to try her magic?
No. Without going into a long discussion on spirits and other ugly matters of the sort, I would say that it wasn't possible. There is only one who is able to legitimately raise the dead. It may have been possible for them to bring up something that looked like her, and acted like her (ugh! who'd want that?). Nor would it have done them any good. Anything a la White Witch would have been far worse than Miraz and his ilk.
2. What did the werewolf mean when he said, "I am hunger, I am thirst"?
I don't doubt that the werewolf was a dangerous and persistent creature, as implied by its boasting. My ultimate thought: "You really think you're something, don't you? But actually, you're dead!" A most satisfying ending.
3. What did we learn about the characters in this chapter?
Lewis certainly divided the wheat and the chaff here. No doubt about who was good and who wasn't.
4. What was your favourite part of this chapter?
The part where they are all struggling in the dark, grasping their "enemies". This chapter is a bit grim and tragic, but Lewis manages to lighten it by the sheer inanity of those moments. Not exactly a formal way of two kings meeting each other, but nevertheless both show their nobility in less than ideal circumstances. And then they ate--back to the practical.