Monday, November 17, 2008

Pan's Labyrinth Connections

I love when you watch a movie for a second time and come across a connection with something else you have never noticed before. When I was watching a movie in Spanish class called "Pan's Labyrinth, " I noticed a scene in the movie that correlated with the famous story of Adam and Eve. The main character Ofelia is in her own world within her mind of imaginary tasks and stories. One action she must do is go into a beast's feast, but is instructed not to  touch any of the food. God gives the same type of instructions to both Adam and Eve. He specifically tells both not to eat anything fruit from one tree he points out. Ofelia is tempted by the food too much, and plucking the smallest grape, she pops on into her mouth. The minute this happens, the beast is waken up and she realizes she has done wrong. Similar to this, Eve bites into the fruit, giving life to the sinful nature within both the minds of Adam and Eve. Both of these events show that, as Atticus says, " [ They] just [have their] blind spots along with the rest of us." Neither of these characters are perfect, for no one is but there are consequences to actions.

1 comment:

Lorita said...

Yeah, actually I had never thought of it that way. Adam and Eve were not supposed to eat the apple on the tree and were punished because of this. Ofelia eating the grapes resulted in the punishment of the fairies. Adam and Eve devouring the apple resulted in us being punished for their mistakes. I had never thought of it that way. It's very interesting!