Mythical Landscapes- Student Choice

Longing and desires in mythical landscapes has been a prevalent topic in each myth we have been reading.  In each of the stories from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the characters have to travel through a variety of different environments which characterize how the journey is going.  Edmund desires appreciation and identification of himself through solitude and isolation from his siblings.  We see this in the way he explores Narnia through the snow covered trees and takes refuge in the White Witch.  He realizes he made a mistake when he gets thrown into a lonely jail cell in her castle and wants community instead of isolation.  Snow is a symbol of isolation because of how Narnia is broken and disbanded from the White Witch and the original intentions of the creation of this world.  The isolated Narnia is freed from captivity when the White Witch dies and the land is restored to a healthy environment of growth.  In The Horse and His Boy, Shasta is also in a lonely place in the desert.  Both the landscape and his internal feelings contain the sense of being alone, but he is restored when Aslan visits him to show him comfort and that he is not alone in this time of need.