'A Wizard of Earthsea' is a compelling story about a powerful and gifted young wizard, tempted by vanity to try a Spell of Summoning which brings into the world a black shadow-beast. Barely escaping with his life the wizard Sparrowhawk at first tries to hide from the evil which he released into the world, before confronting the flaws in his own character which were responsible for the disastrous Spell of Summoning. Not only is this a scouring account of the , but it is also set in a thoroughly constructed world where the rules of geography apply equally with the rules of magery. Ursula Le Guin introduces us to the , and shows a school for wizards on the island of Roke, where the arts of Changing and Summoning are taught. The fantasy series of the Earthsea cycle was written by the American writer Ursula Kroeber Le Guin. These stories are all set in the imaginary world of vast archipelago called Earthsea. In the Earthsea cycle, LeGuin introduces the concept of equilibrium in order to rethink how one should treat the dualistic concepts: the light and darkness as the set of opposing elements, good and evil as the symbol of conflict, the ego and the shadow, silence and word. She sets up the balance of the dualistic contrast as the ultimate principle in her imaginary world Earthsea. In Earthsea, the evil is not in darkness, but in the minds of those who refuse to accept the equilibrium of the world.
