Pan's Labyrinth Essay

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The Unknown Connection in “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Is the fantasy world a mirror image of the “real” world in the film “Pan’s Labyrinth”? The answer could be yes. However, people only see what they like to see currently. They choose not to see the deeper side of one thing. As a consequence, there is some unknown information have been missed by the people. There are actually many unknown connections between the fantasy world and the “real” world in this film. The film “Pan’s Labyrinth” tells people a story that happened during the early Francoist period when the Falangist Captain Vidal and the Republican rebels who fought against each other in the “real” world. And at that time, there was a little girl who called Ofelia believed in the fantasy world …show more content…

In the fantasy world, Ofelia got in the tree hole and used a trick to let the Toad eat the three magic rocks in her hand, and then the Toad spits out a huge vomit. Finally, she got the key from the vomit. As the Faun told Ofelia “Keep the key. You’ll needing it.” (G. D. Toro). Therefore, Ofelia keeps the key and use it in the second mission. In the “real” world, the Captain Vidal asks his housemaid Mercedes to give him the key of the storeroom and ask her “Is this the only copy?” (G. D. Toro). Mercedes lied to the Captain and actually kept a copy one herself. Same as Ofelia’s key, the key that Mercedes kept is also important in the future. Ofelia uses the key to open one of the niches in the wall and Mercedes give the key to the Republic rebels to help them get the supplies. So people can say the fantasy world is a mirror image of the “real” world in the …show more content…

In the fantasy world, the Faun said to Ofelia, “You will see a sumptuous banquet, but don’t eat or drink anything. Your life depends on it” (G. D. Toro). Ofelia followed three fairies and went to a banquet that has full of food on a large table. She got the dagger after she used the key to open the niche, but she did not listen to the warning of the Pan’s. She eats the grape on the table and this behavior woke the Pale Man. The Pale Man starts chasing Ofelia. Fortunately, Ofelia escapes at last. Similarly, in the “real” world, Mercedes said to her brother, “Here’s the key, but you can’t come down now. It’s exactly what he wants.” (G. D. Toro). However, the Republic rebels invaded the Captain Vidal’s area and they started to fight against each other. And this fight leads Captain Vidal discovers Mercedes is a spy that helping the Republican rebels got the key of the storeroom; as a consequence, Vidal locked Mercedes and tried to tortured her. However, Mercedes freed herself with the dagger and stabbed Captain Vidal. The plot that Ofelia ate the grapes on the table and woke the Pale Man is a mirror image of the “real” world that the Republic rebels invaded the Captain Vidal’s area and they started to fight. Also, the dagger that Ofelia got can be the same dagger that Mercedes used to help herself escaped from the Vidal. Although, these are two different plots, they actually have

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