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==About The White Witch==
==About The White Witch==
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Jadis, the White Witch, is an iconic character in the Chronicles. When ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' was published in 1950, little of her origin was known. When ''The Magician's Nephew'' was published in 1955, Lewis reveals that she had previously been Queen of another world, Charn. In that world, Jadis warred with her sister for the throne. She defeated her sister by uttering the "Deplorable Word," which made her the only living thing in Charn. However, this also had the effect putting her in an enchanted sleep, until awakened by [[Digory Kirke|Digory]]. When she travels with [[Digory Kirke|Digory]] and [[Polly Plummer|Polly]] out of the destroyed Charn into the Wood Between the Worlds, she is greatly weakened by the wholesomeness of that place. Once in Narnia, she eats the forbidden fruit, making her immortal but also bringing her despair. When [[Aslan]] plants the Tree of Protection, He says that the smell of it is horror and despair to her. "All get what they want; they do not always like it," He says. A thousand years after Narnia's creation, she returns as the White Witch and oppresses the land with her hundred-year winter. Lewis describes her (and most witches) as terribly practical, saying, "They are not interested in things or people unless they can use them."
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Jadis, the White Witch, is an iconic villain in the Chronicles. Her origin was largely unknown the publication of ''The Magician's Nephew'', in which Lewis explores her history more fully. Jadis' cruelty and selfishness are shown in the deathly cold winter that she forces upon Narnia. She rules the land by fear, using spies and secret police to enforce her will. She has no regard for the lives of others, as demonstrated by her use of Deplorable Word in Charn while battling her sister for the throne. Jadis is also quite physically strong, as she keeps her seat upon a rearing Strawberry in London and wrenches a lamppost from its setting. As a witch, Jadis possesses abilities like being able to make things appear differently than what they are and using enchantments that work on the victim's weaknesses. Lewis describes her (and witches in general) as terribly practical, saying, "They are not interested in things or people unless they can use them."
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==Inspiration==
==Inspiration==

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