San In Princess Mononoke

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In the movie Princess Mononoke directed by Hayao Miyazaki there are many characters that play a huge role in creating the story and altering the plot. The name Princess Mononoke means the princess of the spirits of ghouls, beasts, and ancient Gods. One of the main characters, San, is known to be the protector of the forest, the Princess Mononoke. In the beginning of the movie there is a war between Irontown and the forest spirits over the land. Lady Eboshi the ruler of Irontown wants to destroy the forest and turn it into a land of money. San, being one of the protectors of the forests, main goal is to kill Lady Eboshi. The battle between San and Lady Eboshi throughout the movie shows both of their compassions towards their land and people. …show more content…

San is riding on the back of one of her wolf siblings running towards Irontown. San is launched into the air, attaches herself to a building, and manages to sneak into Irontown. On the run to now go after Lady Eboshi she is standing on the roof facing everyone in Irontown. Ashitaka tries to convince San to go back to the forest and that they’re trying to trap her. San ignores Ashitaka and goes after Lady Eboshi anyways. As San fakes her death Ashitaka comes down to try and help her. San wakes up attacks Ashitaka and goes after Lady Eboshi. Fighting Lady Eboshi in the middle of all her people, Ashitaka steps in once again and asks Lady Eboshi to “step back, her life is now mine”. At this point everyone in Irontown is convinced Ashitaka is a spy and has been working with the wolves against them. Ashitaka tells the people there is a demon inside of both Lady Eboshi and San and the hatred is eating him alive. Ashitaka is going to fix this and as fast as he can or he’s afraid he will die. San reminds Ashitaka she isn’t afraid to die and will do anything in her power to get the humans out of her forest. At this moment in the movie Ashitaka tells San he thinks she’s beautiful. This comment blows San away, she isn’t used to people telling her she’s beautiful let alone another human. Ashitaka has crossed a boundary that’s never been crossed for San before. He not only is a human trying to …show more content…

At (84:51) we see smoke coming from Irontown into the forest. This is Lady Eboshis way of trying to ruin the animals sense of smell, distract them, and then kill them. As San looks over the forest she knows there is nothing she can do to stop the bores from going towards Irontown and battling. The humans have fooled the bores and whether you tell them or not there is no stopping them. A battle against humans and nature is happening and the humans have outsmarted them. They have grenades going off ass the bores run after Irontown. San is in the front, fighting with them. Her mission? To find Lord Okkoto. Although the bores and the wolves are not on the same page, they are still going to fight and back up what they both believe in. The bores attack and group by group keep dying. San and Lord Okkoto do not die during this attack. San is trying to save Lord Okkoto from the demon spirits and bring him back to the

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