The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

what is symbolic about what happens to the stone table

What is symbolic about what happens to the stone table?

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The Stone Table is symbolic of the cross of Jesus, and the killing of Aslan on it for the sin (treachery) of Edmund Pevensie, alludes to the crucifixion of Christ. The table breaking represents the White Witch's failure to ever kill Aslan for Aslan is not mortal: he will be resurrected.

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