11/5/2022 0 Comments The magicians land wikipedia![]() ![]() No longer is Queen Jadis the all powerful Empress of Charn. But because her powers don’t work on earth, Aunt Letty hears gibberish and thinks Queen Jadis is drunk! Thus, to Aunt Letty, Queen Jadis ironically becomes hardly more than a ridiculous “lunatic,” a “‘shameless hussy’….out of a circus… ‘Drunk!’” (93). When Queen Jadis is in London she tries to display her powers to Aunt Letty by saying a magic spell to turn Aunt Letty to dust. Aunt Letty's perception of Queen Jadis (situational and dramatic irony) While Aunt Letty may not believe in a "land of youth," Digory, and the reader, have reason to believe that this land, with fruit to cure his mother, may exist. Little does Aunt Letty know, magical worlds do exist, and these magical worlds may contain the cure for Mabel! Thus, when Digory overhears Aunt Letty's statement, he does believe that perhaps there is a possibility he can find this special fruit in another world. Essentially, Aunt Letty is saying that nothing will cure Mabel. Aunt Letty, being practical and logical, does not believe in magic, nor in the possibility of a land of youth. Aunt Letty’s statement is one of wishful thinking. Although Aunt Letty knows that Mabel will enjoy the fresh fruit, she also is certain that the fruit cannot heal Mabel. (dramatic irony)Īunt Letty makes this statement to a woman who comes to their door to bring fresh fruit for Digory's mother, Mabel. Nothing in this world will do much." (99), Aunt Letty. "I’m afraid it would need fruit from the land of youth to help her now. Those things were not nothing also, the list is long, but she says “that’s all” as if she had only said one small insignificant thing. However, ironically, she says “Oh nothing” and “That’s all” when she tells him about the list of things he did wrong. Polly is very angry with Digory for starting off the whole chain of events in Charn that caused them to meet the queen. Only turned back in the wood so that she had time to catch hold of you before we jumped into our own pool. Only struck the bell with the hammer, like a silly idiot. 'Only nearly screwed my wrist off in that room with all the waxworks, like a cowardly bully. “'Oh nothing of course,' said Polly sarcastically. Polly’s statement to Digory about what he did wrong in Charn (verbal irony) This is not so for Uncle Andrew, which goes against all expectations, and is therefore ironic. Digory, as well as the reader, would expect that if someone were so interested in finding other worlds, that that person would also be very interested in seeing and exploring what is in those other worlds. The irony is that although Uncle Andrew has a desire to find new worlds, he has absolutely no desire to go to the new worlds to explore them. He does not want to explore other worlds, and when he is there, he does not enjoy it. Uncle Andrew has a desire to experiment with magic and unknown worlds, but not to go to unknown places himself. In Narnia, Digory asks his Uncle Andrew, “I thought you wanted to know about other worlds? Don’t you like it now that you are here?” (127). Buy Study Guide Uncle Andrew’s desire to find other worlds (situational irony) ![]()
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