Magic in Fantasy Literature

"All the overtly magic-using beings in the Narnian world appear to be evil and must be eliminated in order to end eternal winter, restore the rightful heir to his rightful position, or resolve whatever other crisis might arise in the course of a given book. However, this policy appears to apply more or less exclusively to characters like the respective witches in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and The Silver Chair, who aggressively employ magic to further their own nefarious schemes..."

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Sequential Tart, 01.10.04