Re: Video of Filming - Dragon Attack!
Posted: Sep 07, 2009 10:58 am
In the book, they do not know if the dead dragon was the Lord Octesian. Reep asks, “Villain have you devoured a Narnian Lord?” Then Lucy suggests it might be the Lord Octesain. Edmund says, “It needn’t be either. All dragons collect gold. But I think it is a safe guess that Octesain got no further than this island.” The book also does mention that arrows are useless against dragons.
If I remember correctly, the book never tells us for sure what happen to the Lord Octesain. The way I see it there are four possibilities:
1. The dragon killed and ate the Lord Octesain.
2. The dragon was the Lord Octesain.
3. The Lord Octesain lost his bracelet on the island.
4. The Lord Octesain died from some other cause and the dragon took his bracelet and probably ate him.
If number 3 is true, we are left with the question “what did happen to the Lord Octesain?” He didn’t show up on any of the other islands and from the way the characters act certain he perished there I assume that it what Lewis intended. I think if they were in error Lewis would have made that clear. If number 2 is true, then we are left with the problem as to how the bracelet ended up in the cave. If he was wearing the bracelet when he turned into a dragon, why didn’t it either disappear like the stuff Eustace put in his pocket did or get stuck on his arm? I’m assuming that in order to turn into a dragon one has to “sleep on a dragon’s hoard with greedy, dragonish thoughts in his heart.” Of course there may be other ways to become a dragon but for now I’m going to assume that it is likely that that way is the way it works on Dragon Island. I suppose he could have taken his bracelet off before he fell asleep and that would explain the bracelet. Number one seems more probable than number four because it seems likely that the other lords would have buried him and his bracelet before they left the island. Of course, the dragon could have dug him up or the lords could have panicked and fled because they saw the dragon before they had a chance to bury him. I think options one and two are make more sense than options 3 and 4, but I can’t decide which one I think is right. Feel free to share opinions.
I guess what I am saying is that if the dead dragon is not Octesain then it wouldn’t be so bad if it became the dead dragon because of something the voyagers did. It would have to be made clear that it was not Octesain though. I think Gymfan’s explanation makes sense, but of course there are other possibilities. If Eustace is the dragon, then he is clearly not on the ship. If he is not on the ship, they have to go back to land to look for him. It was made perfectly clear in the book that they would not leave the island until they had discovered what had become of Eustace. I suppose we will have to wait and see.
If I remember correctly, the book never tells us for sure what happen to the Lord Octesain. The way I see it there are four possibilities:
1. The dragon killed and ate the Lord Octesain.
2. The dragon was the Lord Octesain.
3. The Lord Octesain lost his bracelet on the island.
4. The Lord Octesain died from some other cause and the dragon took his bracelet and probably ate him.
If number 3 is true, we are left with the question “what did happen to the Lord Octesain?” He didn’t show up on any of the other islands and from the way the characters act certain he perished there I assume that it what Lewis intended. I think if they were in error Lewis would have made that clear. If number 2 is true, then we are left with the problem as to how the bracelet ended up in the cave. If he was wearing the bracelet when he turned into a dragon, why didn’t it either disappear like the stuff Eustace put in his pocket did or get stuck on his arm? I’m assuming that in order to turn into a dragon one has to “sleep on a dragon’s hoard with greedy, dragonish thoughts in his heart.” Of course there may be other ways to become a dragon but for now I’m going to assume that it is likely that that way is the way it works on Dragon Island. I suppose he could have taken his bracelet off before he fell asleep and that would explain the bracelet. Number one seems more probable than number four because it seems likely that the other lords would have buried him and his bracelet before they left the island. Of course, the dragon could have dug him up or the lords could have panicked and fled because they saw the dragon before they had a chance to bury him. I think options one and two are make more sense than options 3 and 4, but I can’t decide which one I think is right. Feel free to share opinions.
I guess what I am saying is that if the dead dragon is not Octesain then it wouldn’t be so bad if it became the dead dragon because of something the voyagers did. It would have to be made clear that it was not Octesain though. I think Gymfan’s explanation makes sense, but of course there are other possibilities. If Eustace is the dragon, then he is clearly not on the ship. If he is not on the ship, they have to go back to land to look for him. It was made perfectly clear in the book that they would not leave the island until they had discovered what had become of Eustace. I suppose we will have to wait and see.