How Is Pan's Labyrinth An Archetypal Character

Let’s start with the main character, Ofelia. Ofelia is portrayed as a very innocent and emotional character; A girl who believes in fantasies, who is also a reliable person as she takes care of her pregnant mother and later in the film, her infant brother. She represents the archetypal character called “The innocent.” The innocent is often depicted as a free spirit. A character that is full of faith and optimism. However, Ofelia represents another archetypal character. She also represents “the chosen one.” The chosen one is a character that is called upon to do tasks that will cause a turning point for the story’s plot. They are always destined to do something. Like the Star Wars character, Luke Skywalker or Harry Potter himself, the chosen

Pan’s Labyrinth is a fairy tale that begins the story with a girl named Ofelia, and her adventure to home. The fairy tale is about the importance of moral disobedience. The story clearly illustrates moral disobedience with different scenes of a young girl, Ofelia. The best example scene is when Ofelia refuses to harm his little brother, even at the cost of her own life. Sometimes, disobeying orders might be better, but sometimes its not. Not all events where people disobey orders are due to their pride, sometimes, it is because of protecting someone or something that they think is right. Ofelia disobeys the orders to save her own brother, even though it is risking her own life. But in the end, she is resurrected before a heavenly Trinity with the rose of eternal life imprinted on her shirt. Violence leads to violent reactions. The Captain, Ofelia’s stepfather, uses violence as a tool to reach or to achieve his goals whether it is personal or not. He does not regret it, he means it, and he does it without any apology. People make hard choices on how to deal with the Captain’s violence. An example of a scene is when the doctor helps a tortured victim die in defiance of the Captain’s orders and was executed by the captain. Ofelia did the same thing. She refuses, even with the knowledge that her stepfather is pursuing her and choosing not to sacrifice her brother means her almost certain death, but she still decided. The importance of Moral