Genre
Children's Fiction, Fantasy
Setting and Context
Narnia, and other fictional "other worlds", and England inthe 1950s
Narrator and Point of View
Third person narrator from the children's points of view
Tone and Mood
Adventurous and hopeful yet often foreboding
Protagonist and Antagonist
Narnia (good) and her representatives are the protagonists; the Evil Queen is the antagonist
Major Conflict
Conflict between good and evil; conflict planned by the Queen against Narnia which she plans to take over
Climax
The Prince is revealed to be Prince Rilian, son of King Caspian, for whom they were searching
Foreshadowing
The Queen stoking the fire foreshadows the enchantment spell she has cast to make the children forget any world but hers
Understatement
Rilian goes in search of "the worm" which is a huge understatement as the reptile is a gigantic evil serpent
Allusions
The narrator alludes to previous chronicles of Narnia including The Horse and His Boy which he says is a story well worth hearing
Imagery
The beauty and glistening light of Narnia is described in intricate detail which gives the reader an image of its heavenly appearance
Paradox
The birdsong is loud and overwhelming but at the same time there is an underlying silence
Parallelism
There is a parallel between the serpent that murdered Rilian's mother and the serpent that is the Evil Queen
Metonymy and Synecdoche
Overworlders is the collective term used to describe anyone living above ground
Personification
The fire was said to welcome them which personifies the fire and attributes a desire to be hospitable to it
