Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Post #9
Today we finished watching the Seventh Seal, and it had what I considered a dramatic but appropriate ending. Block never learns what will happen after he goes with death, and he shouldn't. The message of the movie is that we cannot know, and so we can believe whatever we choose. Jons maintains his belief that the afterlife brings only emptiness and nothingness, but we see a change in him as well in that he becomes very solemn as he greets death. In his view, his existence is soon ending, and he feels he must spend his last moments in the best way that he can. I have a question about Jons's girlfriends reaction to death however. I do not understand her loving and almost sensual reaction to the arrival of death. It seemed to me that she was enjoying life, and yet she was the only one who seemed truly happy to go with death. If someone could help explain that would be great.
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An excellent post. Your last question is very difficult to answer. She is utterly silent throughout the film, her only line is "it is finished." Rather than explain what I believe it means, I'd prefer you tossed a few ideas around in your head and either blogged them, or brought them to class tomorrow, when we will discuss the film in greater depth.
ReplyDeleteAfter today's discussion, I think that she is showing the way she embraces death by saying "it is finished". She believes that death is only the next adventure, and she truly does not fear dying. What I still don't understand is the significance of her not speaking, or why it is her that accepts death.
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