TRJ4 - WRITER'S CRAFT

Foreshadowing - Edmond eats “Turkish delight.”

The witch gives Edmond hot drink and Turkish Delight which was formed by a drop fall on the snow. “Each piece was sweet and light to the very center and Edmond had never tasted anything more delicious.”(p.37)
It was so good that Edmond kept on shoveling it the Turkish Delights into his mouth and had aftertastes when he finished it. He wanted more and asked the witch but she refused him. She said if he brings all his siblings to her house, then she will give him rooms full of Turkish Delight. The reason why Edmond kept on finding Turkish Delight is because the witch had put something into it. “Probably the Queen knew, though Edmund did not, that this was enchanted Turkish Delight and that anyone who had once tasted it would want more and more of it, and would even, if they were allowed, go on eating it till they killed themselves.”(p.38) Everyone knows that the white witch is a horrible person. However only Edmond thinks the witch is a kind person since the witch treated him kindheartedly and people who take amiss of her are her enemies.
This is an indication that Edmond will betray others and help the witch. This can be the start of the conflict between the white witch and Aslan. Eventually Edmond betrays and was saved from the witch. The witch comes back and has a conversation with Aslan telling: “You know that every traitor belongs to me as my lawful prey and that for every treachery I have a right to a kill.”(p.142)