 Jadis's references to "reasons of State", and her claim to own the people of Charn and to be beyond morality, represent the eclipse of the medieval Christian belief in natural law by the political concept of sovereignty, as embodied first in royal absolutism and then in modern dictatorships.Uncle Andrew represents the Faustian element in the origins of modern science.On a number of occasions in the "Chronicles of Narnia", Aslan uses his breath to give strength to characters, demonstrating his benevolent power of bringing life.