Symbolism And Film Analysis Of The Movie Princess Mononoke

The movie Princess Mononoke (1998) is the first movie in my memory. As a child it stuck with me where many movies didn 't. When I watched other kids movies, they felt lame. It would not be until I watched the movie when much older, that I would see the gore, and carefully crafted messages portrayed. These messages not only resonated with me, but helped shape me into how I am today. I will not go into much actual detail on the plot. This would ruin the movie for others. But I will go over the ideas presented through out, and my thoughts on them. The opening is fast and packed with more symbolism then is healthy. The first concepts presented are tradition, banishment, balance, and hate. We witness an act of great hate in the first moments

The Catholic Church puts high values on the breaking of bread, or worship on Sunday. Those within the system never seem to think that their could be any problem with what they do. I think tradition can be very closely related to Plato 's cave. When we are involved with such a system, we can be blinded by it. Before the characters banishment, they were blind to the hate, and wrong in the world. Even when it enters their village, they reject it, and the one who is touched by it. But by being forced out, completely, they can see the caves of every system. This is only possible because they are left with nothing, and have no similar ties from their system to any new ones. This realization, pushes him to try to banish his hate. He hopes to rid himself of it so maybe he could return to some system. Then he is left with the difficult task of trying to move others from their own caves. Not surprisingly, they try to kill him. A

We would be sat on the ridge feeling nothing. This is why I feel the universe holds its origin in chaos. A "perfect" universe would not exist, simply because a perfect one cannot exist. Any system so large contains enough uncontrollable variables that our entire planets calculation powers could not handle it. Thus this system must be the "perfect" one. Instead of a system of non-change, we have a system in constant change. Forever in motion, constantly losing and gaining energy. We are forever typing the scale one direction to the next. This is what strikes me from the movies ending. There is not a sunset of pure joy. Instead they are all having to start over. The only thing that has happen is a shift in outlook and balance. Truly, I don 't know how to end this. While I feel more comfortable with this essay then the last, writing down my own rationalizations feels, wrong. If you can please go watch the movie. It is excellent, and I hope cause as many stirring thoughts in others as it does in