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Blog #5: After the movie
The scene with the Pale Man was pivotal in the archetypal hero's journey because of three
reasons. The first reason being to show that Ofelia would carve her own path to her goal instead of following
the instructions of the faun verbatim. The second reason being this scene introduces the hero's
weakness/desires. The third reason being to prove that Ofelia wasn't imagining all these fairytale like
characteristics that she was experiencing.
middle door, Ofelia chose the leftmost door due to a sudden instinct that told her the middle door wasn't
the correct door. The second time Ofelia disobey's the faun is when Ofelia ate two grapes from the
feast laid out in front of Pale Man when the faun explicitly told her not to eat anything from the feast.
This scene would be pivotal due to this reason because it sends the "be yourself" message to the
audience.
and choose to eat from the feast anyways. The innocence of Ofelia is proven the moment the pale
man begins to move. I say this because it was stated in the movie that the Pale Man only drinks the
blood of the innocent. The hero's submission to the banquet proves one of her weaknesses to be the
deadly sin of gluttony. This relates her to the Pale Man in a sense because the Pale Man's flabby skin
suggests that he was once extremely obese but due to a lack of victims, he has been starved to a
skinny and flabby form.
audience have after watching this film. The question being if Ofelia was imagining everything or if all these
events are really happening to her. The magic chalk the the faun gives to Ofelia helps her open a door to the
Pale Man's lair. The chalk later helps Ofelia get from her room to the otherwise locked door of the captain's
room to retrieve her baby brother. If that was her imagination, then the captain wouldn't have chased after
her and mortally wounded Ofelia after taking her brother back into his grasps.
reasons. The first reason being to show that Ofelia would carve her own path to her goal instead of following
the instructions of the faun verbatim. The second reason being this scene introduces the hero's
weakness/desires. The third reason being to prove that Ofelia wasn't imagining all these fairytale like
characteristics that she was experiencing.
middle door, Ofelia chose the leftmost door due to a sudden instinct that told her the middle door wasn't
the correct door. The second time Ofelia disobey's the faun is when Ofelia ate two grapes from the
feast laid out in front of Pale Man when the faun explicitly told her not to eat anything from the feast.
This scene would be pivotal due to this reason because it sends the "be yourself" message to the
audience.
and choose to eat from the feast anyways. The innocence of Ofelia is proven the moment the pale
man begins to move. I say this because it was stated in the movie that the Pale Man only drinks the
blood of the innocent. The hero's submission to the banquet proves one of her weaknesses to be the
deadly sin of gluttony. This relates her to the Pale Man in a sense because the Pale Man's flabby skin
suggests that he was once extremely obese but due to a lack of victims, he has been starved to a
skinny and flabby form.
audience have after watching this film. The question being if Ofelia was imagining everything or if all these
events are really happening to her. The magic chalk the the faun gives to Ofelia helps her open a door to the
Pale Man's lair. The chalk later helps Ofelia get from her room to the otherwise locked door of the captain's
room to retrieve her baby brother. If that was her imagination, then the captain wouldn't have chased after
her and mortally wounded Ofelia after taking her brother back into his grasps.
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