Prince Caspian Study Guide

Prince Caspian

Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis

Prince Caspian is the second novel in the Chronicles of Narnia series. One year after their adventures in Narnia, the four Penvensie siblings return, only to learn that more than 1,000 years have passed there. They are called to the world by Caspian, who's in hiding from his uncle, the king. With the help of Aslan, the lion king, the children are able to restore Caspian to the throne. The novel explores the themes of growing up and of maintaining faith, even in things that can't be seen.

Prince Caspian Characters

Table of Contents
  • Lucy Pevensie, the youngest Pevensie child, is the first to see Aslan again.
  • Edmund Pevensie is the third Pevensie child. Unlike his older siblings, he trusts Lucy's sighting of Aslan, pointing out that in their first adventure she turned out to be right and he ended up looking silly.
  • Peter Pevensie, the oldest of the Pevensie siblings, is High-King of Narnia.
  • Susan Pevensie is the second oldest of the Pevensie children. She uses a bow and arrow
  • Prince Caspian, the rightful Telmarine King, who becomes King of Narnia. He reappears in the next two books in the series: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Silver Chair , and makes a brief appearance in the end of The Last Battle .
  • Aslan, the Great Lion, who created Narnia.
  • Miraz, Caspian's uncle, usurped the throne of the Telmarines. So long as Miraz has no son, he tolerates Caspian as heir, but when a son is born he moves to eliminate Caspian. He fights the Old Narnians, who support Caspian, and accepts a challenge to single combat with Peter to settle the matter; but he is killed treacherously by Lord Glozelle after the duel.
  • Trumpkin, a Red Dwarf who helps Caspian defeat Miraz. When he is captured by Miraz's soldiers and taken to Cair Paravel to be drowned, he is freed by the Pevensie children and leads them to Caspian. At the beginning of the novel he is entirely skeptical about the existence of Aslan and the ancient Kings and Queens, but learns better in the course of the story.
  • Doctor Cornelius, half-dwarf and half-human, is tutor to Caspian and aids in the Narnians' defeat of the Telmarines.
  • Reepicheep, a talking mouse (descended from the non-talking mice who freed Aslan from his bonds in the previous book, and were thus given the gift of speech), is a fearless swordsman and a staunch supporter of Aslan and Caspian.
  • Nikabrik, a Black Dwarf in Caspian's army, resists fighting alongside Caspian. Together with a Hag and a Wer-Wolf, he plots to raise the White Witch against the Telmarines through black magic, but all three are killed by Caspian and his allies.
  • Trufflehunter, a talking badger, holds faith with Aslan and Old Narnia, and aids Prince Caspian in his struggle against Miraz.
  • Bacchus and Silenus, Narnian forest gods (borrowed from Ancient Greece).
  • Queen Prunaprismia, Miraz's wife.
  • Lord Sopespian and Lord Glozelle, lords of Telmar. After being insulted by Miraz they manipulate him into accepting Peter's challenge. They cry treachery when Miraz falls, and Glozelle secretly stabs him in the back. Sopespian is beheaded by Peter as the all-out battle begins, but Lewis does not mention the fate of Glozelle.

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