Agora Movie Analysis

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“AGORA” Agora is a movie which does not only represent the symbolic figure of female scientists, but also raises some deep issues that can still be reflected in today’s world. The author of the movie who is Alejandro Amenabar, is a Spanish film director and composer, he also wrote the screenplays to all his films and composed many soundtracks, he has dual Chilean-Spanish citizenship. Amenabar is born on March 31, 1972 (Wikipedia). To start with, the relationship between religion, science, and superstition, which effects it has on both the development of societies in general, and development of science and moralities. This is also a process, by which we can also question the extent to which masculinity was and is still prevailing in our societies, This movie title suggests indeed an insightful and comprehensive name of all that the movie was about, an “Agora” library where the knowledge was stocked and spread by in the context- Hypatia, with profound admiration from her students and Jews and Christians were unfair to Hypatia on the behalf of science as shown by the movie. But it is also important to remember that both parties were dogmatic in their perception of religion, they truly believed instead that they were the only ones true about what their religions dictated. The religious people never perceived religion as a personal faith, between the person and his own god. They never thought about respecting other for what they belief, leaving peacefully and respectfully with each other. It is also worth mentioning in this context, that the Bible, as the Quran, as the other “holly books” are books of values, not books of science. They teach people mercy and peace, perhaps also learning and science, but these books never should they interfere with science. Reading and understanding of religions should never be superficial, but rather deep and selective, in a sense that would promote peace and stay away from science. One common phenomenon the movie unveiled was also irrational belief, when most people-including Davus- did rarely or never question their beliefs whereas Hypatia did, as she said “You don’t question what you believe; I

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