The books are peopled with a variety of witches, angels, Specters and ghasts whose interventions assist Will and Lyra or otherwise affect the action of the story. Pullman uses dualism to develop his themes of right and wrong, the meaning of power and the idea of psychic life and death. In some cases, parallel universes offer opportunities to explore meaning from different points of view. Will s world to be angels. Will s Oxford.
Dust is something to be feared in the first book.
Lord Asriel will be the great leader in this fight. Return to top Conclusion Pullman is clearly fascinated by the relationship between religion and science as disciplines to explore the nature of life and the meaning of existence. In Lyra s world, religion governs nearly everything in life, but the rules of the Church are unbending and devoid of spirit. The language and work of the Church is clearly scientific. Thus, Mrs. Coulter has the blessing of the Church to set up her arctic research laboratory, and she works for the Church in order to understand Dust and to nullify its power over humans.