The Silver Chair

How does Jill’s character evolve throughout the narrative? Identify three different stages of her development, and use at least three examples from the text to support your answer.

C.S. Lewis’s Christian philosophy is reflected throughout The Silver Chair. Choose two specific characters and compare and contrast their symbolic roles within this larger philosophical context. Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Identify at least two key roles that Puddleglum’s presence plays in The Silver Chair. Using examples from the text, identify the various ways in which his presence influences both the plot and the behavior of the other characters.

How does the dramatic irony created by the omniscient Narrative Voice impact the novel? Use at least three specific examples from the text to support your answer.

In addition to the journey to the Underworld, what other typical elements of the mythical Hero’s Quest are developed in The Silver Chair’s narrative structure? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Lewis uses many narrative examples of the Dangers of Temptation throughout the story. Using at least two examples from the text, identify several larger “lessons” to the reader that Lewis may have been attempting to convey.

How is Narnia described as an idealized, appealing place that stands in opposition to the real world? What literary techniques or elements does Lewis use to make Narnia seem both wondrous and familiar?

Why is the witch depicted as a Green Serpent and as the Lady of the Green Kirtle? What does her duality symbolize?