Images of Faith and Discipleship in C. S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia (6)
Prince Caspian: Luxury In PC luxury is the deadly sin Lewis draws a bead on. Luxuria is often taken to mean “lust” in the sense of inordinate sexual desire. But Lewis, in his The Allegory of Love, comments on a poem by Prudentius that his "seven champions do not exactly correspond with the familiar list of the seven deadly sins in later writers. Luxuria , . . . is, in fact, something very like "luxury" in the modern meaning of the word-the sin of the profiteer" (70). “Luxury,” as the inordinate desire for more in general fits a children’s story much better than a sexually oriented use of “lust.” Dr. Don King expounds on this luxuria (luxury): “In the tale Prince Caspian's uncle, King Miraz, is clearly guilty of profiteering in his desire to gain power, wealth, and position. After Caspian's father had died, Miraz initially ruled as "Lord Protector" ...