Overview: The White Witch’s Castle is Jadis’s frozen stronghold, the place where her reign feels most physically complete.

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The castle matters because it turns winter into architecture. The Witch’s power is not only out in the snow and police-state fear. It has a center, a house of stone, cold, and petrified trophies.

That is why the courtyard full of turned-to-stone creatures matters so much. The castle is not only where Jadis lives. It is where her tyranny is displayed.

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