Narnia character
Anna Popplewell as Susan Pevensie in the 2005 film, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Susan Pevensie
Race/Nation	Human / England
Gender	Female
Title	Queen of Narnia
Birthplace	England, Earth
Family
Parents	Mr. & Mrs. Pevensie
Sibling(s)	Peter, Edmund and Lucy
Other	Eustace Scrubb (cousin)
Major character in
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
Portrayals in Adaptations
1988 BBC miniseries: Sophie Cook (younger), Suzanne Debney (older) 2005 Disney film: Anna Popplewell (younger), Sophie Winkleman (older)

Susan Pevensie is one of the major characters in C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series. Susan is the elder sister and the second Pevensie by birth-order. She appears in three of the seven books — as a child in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian, and as an adult in The Horse and His Boy. She is mentioned in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Last Battle. During her reign at the Narnian capital of Cair Paravel, she is known as Susan the Gentle and Queen Susan of the Horn. The cover to an audio book edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis, with artwork by Leo and Diane Dillon The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. ... Image File history File links Susanpenensie. ... Anna Katherine Popplewell (born 16 December 1988) is an English actress. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ... Trinomial name Homo sapiens sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Humans, or human beings, are bipedal apes belonging to the mammalian species Homo sapiens (Latin for wise man or knowing man) under the family Hominidae (known as the great apes). ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... The hand mirror and comb of the Roman Goddess Venus is often used to represent the female sex. ... In C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia series of novels, Narnia is the country around which many of the books revolve. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Narnia is a fantasy world created by C. S. Lewis as a location for his Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels for children. ... Peter Pevensie is a fictional character in the childrens fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. ... Skandar Keynes as Edmund Pevensie in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Edmund Pevensie is a major character in C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia. ... Georgie Henley as Lucy Pevensie in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe the 2005 film Lucy Pevensie is one of the major characters from C. S. Lewiss The Chronicles of Narnia. ... Eustace Clarence Scrubb is a character in C. S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia. ... The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis. ... Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia is a novel for children by C. S. Lewis, first published in 1951. ... The BBC produced a television adaptation of four books of C. S. Lewiss The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1988), Prince Caspian (1989), The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989) and The Silver Chair (1990). ... Anna Katherine Popplewell (born 16 December 1988) is an English actress. ... Sophie Winkleman Sophie Winkleman (b. ... Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an Irish author and scholar. ... The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. ... The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis. ... Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia is a novel for children by C. S. Lewis, first published in 1951. ... The Horse and His Boy is a novel by C.S. Lewis. ... Book Cover The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a fantasy novel by C. S. Lewis. ... The Last Battle is the final novel in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis. ...

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Synopsis

Susan is known for her great beauty and archery skills and is sought after by Prince Rabadash of Calormen. After going to Narnia to help Prince Caspian, she is told that she will not return again. After some years she begins to convince herself that Narnia has just been a game, and she thinks her siblings silly to continue seriously entertaining such childhood fancies. Prince Rabadash is a human character from C. S. Lewiss fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. ... In C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia series of novels, Calormen (pron. ...

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Susan is given a bow and arrows by Father Christmas, together with a magical horn to blow in difficult times to bring aid. Susan shows her excellence at archery, but is advised to stay out of the battle unless absolutely necessary. Together with her sister Lucy, she witnesses Aslan's death and resurrection on the Stone Table. After the battle, she is crowned by Aslan as Queen Susan and shares the monarchy with her brothers High King Peter and King Edmund and her sister Lucy. The period of their reign is considered the Golden Age of Narnia. Throughout the book Susan is the voice of caution and common sense. Even at the end after a number of years in Narnia she counsels against pursuing the White Stag, fearing the upset to the established order she and her siblings all sense the pursuit might bring. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis. ... Excerpt from Josiah Kings The Examination and Tryal of Father Christmas (1686), published shortly after Christmas was reinstated as a holy day in England Father Christmas is a name used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and several other Commonwealth Countries, for the gift-bringing figure of... These arrows score as an inner 10 (X), and a 9 Archery is the practice of using a bow to shoot arrows. ... Georgie Henley as Lucy Pevensie in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe the 2005 film Lucy Pevensie is one of the major characters from C. S. Lewiss The Chronicles of Narnia. ... Aslan, the Great Lion, is the central character in The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. ... Peter Pevensie is a fictional character in the childrens fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. ... Skandar Keynes as Edmund Pevensie in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Edmund Pevensie is a major character in C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia. ... The White Stag is the object of the final quest of the Kings and Queens of Narnia in the C. S. Lewis book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. ...

The Horse and His Boy

In The Horse and His Boy, Susan plays a minor part. She was described as a gentle lady with black hair falling to her feet. Shasta finds her to be the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. As Queen Susan, she is asked to marry the Calormene Prince Rabadash. Her rejection of him provides the Tisroc with an excuse to wage war against Narnia. The Horse and His Boy is a novel by C.S. Lewis. ... Shasta is a fictional character in C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia. ... Prince Rabadash is a human character from C. S. Lewiss fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. ... In C. S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia, a Tisroc is a ruler of Calormen. ...

Prince Caspian

In Prince Caspian, Susan's legendary magical horn plays an important part. By the time of this sequel, her horn is a thousand-year old relic given to the future King Caspian X by his tutor, the half-dwarf magician Doctor Cornelius. When the Prince's life is threatened by King Miraz the Usurper, Caspian blows the horn and the Pevensies are magically transferred to Narnia from a railway station. Susan is again shown to be a superb archer. Using the bow and arrows she has retrieved from the ruin of Cair Paravel, Susan easily beats the excellent archer Trumpkin the dwarf in a friendly competition. During the course of the story, she pretends to believe Aslan has not come back, even though she later admits to having known it was true all along. Soon after she also admits she is grateful for the presence of Aslan during the wild bacchanal in his honor. Aslan discerns that Susan had "listened to fears" but his breath soon restores her faith and she immerses herself in their adventures as deeply as in the first book. However, at the conclusion of Prince Caspian, Aslan says that she and Peter will never enter Narnia again because they had grown too old. Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia is a novel for children by C. S. Lewis, first published in 1951. ... Caspian X, King of Narnia, Lord of Cair Paravel, and Emperor of the Lone Islands, also called Caspian the Seafarer and Caspian the Navigator (born 2290–died 2356, Narnian Time) is a fictional character in the Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis. ... Miraz is a fictional character from C. S. Lewiss fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. ... Look up Usurper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Trumpkin is a dwarf in C.S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia, who lives during the reign of King Miraz and King Caspian X. He is a major character in Prince Caspian and is mentioned in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Silver Chair Biographical Summary Spoiler warning... The Bacchanalia were wild and mystic festivals of the Roman god Bacchus. ... Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia is a novel for children by C. S. Lewis, first published in 1951. ...

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Susan accompanies her parents on a trip to America, while Peter is being tutored by Professor Digory Kirke, and Edmund and Lucy have to stay with their relatives, the Scrubbs. By this time it is being remarked by some adults that Susan is "the pretty one of the family" which causes some insecurity in Lucy. Only the intervention of Aslan makes Lucy resist the temptation of invoking a spell of beauty "beyond the lot of mortals" from Coriakin's Magic Book, which would have had Lucy gloating in the misfortunes of a very plain-looking Susan. Book Cover The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a fantasy novel by C. S. Lewis. ... Digory Kirke is a human character from C. S. Lewiss fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. ... now. ...

The Last Battle

In The Last Battle, Susan is conspicuous by her absence. Peter says that she is "no longer a friend of Narnia", and (in Jill Pole's words) "she's interested in nothing now-a-days except nylons and lipstick and invitations". Similarly, Eustace Scrubb reports that she says, "What wonderful memories you have! Fancy you're still thinking about all those funny games we used to play when we were children." Thus, Susan does not enter the real Narnia at the end of the series. There is some controversy, however, as to whether or not Susan's absence is permanent, especially since Lewis (in a letter written to a young fan) stated that Susan's story was not finished. The Last Battle is the final novel in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis. ... Peter Pevensie is a fictional character in the childrens fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. ... Jill Pole is a major character from C.S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia series. ... Eustace Clarence Scrubb is a character in C. S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia. ...

Commentary

The Christian significance of Susan's character has been much discussed. Aside from her role together with Lucy paralleling the women in the gospel who first find the risen King, Lewis may have intended her to represent the good seeds which are "choked by thorns" in the parable of the sower from the Gospel of Matthew. An ill digested lesson The Governess. ... The Gospel of Matthew (literally, according to Matthew; Greek, Κατά Μαθθαίον or Κατά Ματθαίον) is one of the four Gospel accounts of the New Testament. ...

This treatment of her has drawn particular criticism from feminist commentators, who draw attention to how she was written out of the end of the story. Critics claim this indicates a fear or hatred of female sexuality on the part of Lewis and even misogyny, claims often linked with other examples of the role of girls and women in the series. Arguing against this view are realistic and positive female characters such as Aravis in The Horse and His Boy and Jill Pole in The Silver Chair, both of whom enter Aslan's Country. Feminism is a collection of social theories, political movements and moral philosophies, largely motivated or concerned with the liberation of women. ... This article is about the issues and phenomena pertaining to human sexual function and behavior. ... Misogyny () is hatred or strong prejudice against women. ... Aravis is a main character in C.S. Lewis The Horse and his Boy. ... The Horse and His Boy is a novel by C.S. Lewis. ... Jill Pole is a major character from C.S. Lewiss Chronicles of Narnia series. ... The Silver Chair is part of The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C.S. Lewis. ...

The "sexuality" interpretation is not the one taken by Lady Polly within the story. She claims that Susan's "whole idea is to race on to the silliest time of one's life as quick as she can and then stop there as long as she can." That is, according to the book, Susan's failure is due to vanity and a false adolescent sense of "maturity", not sexuality. Susan provides a striking contrast to her sister Lucy, who is a shining example of the Biblical "faith as a little child." Even her chronologically older brother Peter begins to see Aslan before Susan does in Prince Caspian. Polly Plummer is a human fictional character from C. S. Lewiss fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. ... The Narcissus myth, as portrayed by Waterhouse, is a reflection on the nature of intimacy and vanity. ... Peter Pevensie is a fictional character in the childrens fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. ... Aslan, the Great Lion, is the central character in The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. ... Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia is a novel for children by C. S. Lewis, first published in 1951. ...

It has been argued that Susan's maternal nature cultivates a sense of self-reliance that prevents her from sufficiently following Aslan (again, going against the sexuality argument). In this interpretation, Lewis intended Susan to represent those who in the confusion of their fallen state find a spiritual call to faith drowned out not by malice on their part but simply by the mundane distractions of everyday life.

Lewis's supporters also point out that the other children enter into the "new" Narnia (representative of the eternal Heaven) because they have died in a train accident, while Susan remains alive on our world, so that there is no proof that she has been permanently "excluded" (i.e., damned). The first footnote under Susan’s entry in Companion of Narnia by Paul F. Ford is very helpful in understanding the meaning behind Susan’s absence at the end of The Last Battle. And perhaps most importantly, Aslan’s last words at the coronation in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe of the four Pevensies to the throne offer the best justification for believing Susan will eventually join the others when the time comes in Aslan’s Country: "Once a King or Queen in Narnia Always a King or Queen in Narnia..." Heaven is an afterlife concept found in many religions or spiritual philosophies. ... The Last Battle is the final novel in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis. ... The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis. ...

Fantasy author Neil Gaiman explored this issue in his 2004 short story The Problem of Susan, in which an elderly woman, "Professor Hastings", is depicted dealing with the grief and trauma of her entire family dying in a train crash. The woman's first name is not revealed, but she mentions her brother "Ed", and it is implied that this is Susan Pevensie as an elderly women and Gaiman presents, in fictional form, a critique of Lewis' treatment of Susan. Neil Gaiman is a featured author in the collection Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy Volume II edited by Al Sarrantonio. The Problem of Susan is written for an adult audience and deals with sexuality and violence.(Gaiman 2004, pp. 151ff) Neil Richard Gaiman () (born November 10, 1960, Portchester, Hampshire) is a British author of numerous science fiction and fantasy works, including many graphic novels. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Al Sarrantonios Hallows Eve Al Sarrantonio (born May 25, 1952, in New York City, New York) is an American horror and science fiction author who has published, over the past twenty-five years, more than forty books and sixty short stories. ... Anna Popplewell as Susan Pevensie in the 2005 film adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. ...

Susan is portrayed as sharing an appartment in the 2005-2006 comic The Oz/Wonderland Chronicles, alongside Alice from (Lewis Carroll's) Alice In Wonderland, (L. Frank Baum's) Dorothy Gale from The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz and (J.M. Barrie's) Wendy Darling from Peter Pan. Issue #1, now released, suggested to many fans the character seemed much more like Lucy Pevensie. However, this is against the theme of the comic; are all meant to be disbelievers in the adventures they had as children. Furthermore, Lucy died in the real world and was transported to New Narnia in The Last Battle. Susan was the only Pevensie left on Earth and the only one of the children who regarded Narnia as a fantasy. Alice is a fictional character in the books Alices Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, which were written by Charles Dodgson under the pen name Lewis Carroll. ... Lewis Carroll. ... Alice in Wonderland is the widely known and used title for Alices Adventures in Wonderland, a book written by Lewis Carroll -- as well as several movie adaptations of the book -- and is also the setting for several short stories. ... Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author, and the creator with illustrator W. W. Denslow of one of the most popular books ever written in American childrens literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. ... Dorothy Gale is a fictional character, the protagonist of most of the Oz novels by American author L. Frank Baum. ... For the film, see The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a childrens book written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W.W. Denslow. ... Sir James Matthew Barrie, Baronet, Scottish author Sir James Matthew Barrie, Baronet (May 9, 1860 - June 19, 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and dramatist. ... For other uses, see Peter Pan (disambiguation). ... The Last Battle is the final novel in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis. ...

Other Portrayals

• Focus on the Family Radio Theatre cast David Suchet's daughter Katherine Suchet as Susan in child form and Sally Ann Burnett played her as an adult.

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References

• Gaiman, Neil (2004), The Problem of Susan (in Flights Vol. II edited by Al Sarrantonio, New York: New American Library, ISBN 0-451-46099-5

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External links

• Chronicles of Narnia - Susan Pevensie. Analysis of the character Susan within the context of the series. Aimed for younger folk.
• Christian response to criticisms of Lewis