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…
Sans love for the forest and nature deeply shows her primary concern which is protecting the forest and the “people” who have made her one of their own, raised her, and have protected her her entire life. Needs work: Not only does this movie show a clear theme of “Human vs. Nature” but it also shows learning how to live one with nature. At the beginning of Princess Mononoke Lady Eboshi is known as the ruler of Irontown almost like a revolutionist. Sans main priority is taking down and killing this antagonist known as Lady Eboshi. As a child San was sacrificed to the forest and was raised by Moro the wolf goddess and her two wolf pups. When Moro caught Sans family destroying the forest land they sacrificed San in order to save there own lives. Because the goddess of the forest raised her, she feels like it’s her primary obligation to protect the forest and the land that raised her. She is one with the wolves, one with the forest, and isn’t planning on turning against them at any point. In one of the first big scenes you can see the forest people trying to turn the mountain back into the forest by planting trees. As Lady Eboshi and Ashitaka watch from Irontown Lady Eboshi stresses to Ashitaka her determination to kill the forest spirit and tear down the forest. The humans of Irontown strongly believe that without the ancient god Moro the animals of the forest would be nothing but dumb beasts once again. If the forest land and the beasts are wiped out the land will be the richest land of all and Princess Mononoke will become human again. What Lady Eboshi doesn’t realize is that San or Princess Mononoke is human. Although she was raised by wolves her genetic makeup is the same as any other human. She is one with the forest because she was raised by the forest. Lady Eboshi knows that Sans main goal is to kill her and take down Irontown. The forest is Sans habitat and although she isn’t technically a wolf she stands by her people and her beliefs (42:31). We see Sans determination to kill Lady Eboshi and protect her land in the scene from (44:36).
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…
save San, who already doesn’t consider herself human. But he is a human who thinks San is beautiful and is falling in love with her. Ashitaka is violating something most humans in Princess Mononoke would never think of doing. The forest people and the humans aren’t supposed to get along let alone fall in love with each other. San knows her territory but Ashitaka is completely ignoring the rules within both societies and falling in love with the “enemy”. Now that there is a clear connection between San and Ashitaka you wonder what Ashitakas intensions are. We know he’s a good guy or else the forest spirit wouldn’t of saved his life but before San was unsure if Ashitaka was a good guy that meant no harm to the forest. If the forest spirit for some reason brought Ashitaka back to life it means San needs to now do anything to keep him alive. During this scene (66:30) San finds out that the human bullet inside of her “mother” the goddess Moro is going to eventually kill her and she wants to do anything to get back at Lady Eboshi and Irontown. It’s once again a clear example of Human vs. Nature. Eboshi put a bullet inside of Moro with the attempt of killing her in hopes of being able to take over the forest. Now that San knows Moro is eventually going to die soon and refuses to go to the forest spirit she is off to battle.
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
forest. Eventually San and Lord Okkoto get out of the battle happening in Irontown and are trying to get through the forest to find the forest spirit. Lord Okkoto is slowly getting more and more weak. San knows the demons are taking over his body and he will eventually not be able to make it. When Lord Okkoto is convinced his warriors have come back for him he starts getting stronger. What Lord Okkoto doesn’t understand is that the humans are wearing the skin of his warriors and fooling him into taking them to the forest spirit so they can finally kill him. San reminds the Lord that he is being tricked but its too late. The demon has taken over his body and he isn’t listening to anything she’s saying. At this point the apes are after San because they believe she brings bad things that are neither human nor animal. This is where the animals that live in the forest make a switch. Now, no one trusts San. There are becoming conflicts and splits within the forest that were never a problem before. San may not be a wolf but she is only trying to prevent the demon inside Lord Okkoto from leading the humans to the forest spirit (99:13). After the battle between demon and Gods/Lords both Lord Okkoto and Goddess Moro lives are taken. This is when San thinks Ashitaka has always been on the humans sides. She feels betrayed when in reality there is nothing anyone could do besides the forest spirit to save their lives. When the forest spirit finally arrives he is taken down by Lady Eboshi. She shoots him and the cuts off his head. As soon as the forest spirits head was taken away from him The Nightwalker awakes. The forest is getting destroyed each step The Nightwalker takes. San is off to put a stop to this. She runs to Irontown to stop the man who has the head of the forest spirit (121:35). At this moment in the movie San no longer cares just about the forest and the animals within it but also cares about the humans and there towns. She is on a mission to give the head back so The Nightwalker can stop destroying the land. In one of the final scenes The Nightwalkers head is returned to him and the forest spirit is lifted away and falls onto Irontown. Although when The Nightwalker falls he destroys Irontown, the return of his head makes all the flowers grow and the mountain turn back to nature. San is woken up to a mountain filled with grass and flowers. This is when San says goodbye to Ashitaka, even after all this fight human and nature still cannot live within each other. Ashitaka tried as hard as he could to help San be able to live among the humans but there is nothing they can do but maintain a friendship. Although you would not of predicted the ending of Princess Mononoke from the start, it was the best outcome of them all. The meaning behind this movie isn’t to watch a battle between humans and nature. It’s to recognize that there should be no battle at all. Yes, humans should respect nature and animals but nature and humans should both recognize and realize their differences. You cannot win either way yet you can be respectful. Nature can only handle so much destruction in the real world and by Lady Eboshi before there is no return. Although that was not the case here and the forest did not get destroyed Sans way of at first only caring and protecting for the forest did change. She saved the people of Irontown and returned to home knowing they can all be at peace once again.
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Also, if the ghost is referring to the no name woman, it can also represent the “no name man.” Kingston uses her imagination to describe the threat that the aunt may suffer from the unknown man, which testifies that the no name man is the invisible ghost who has been haunting the aunt until her death. Furthermore, the no name man is a symbol of the corrupt regime which means the regime is also the ghost that haunts the people who are suffering oppressed. The most efficient thing to fight against a ghost is another ghost which her aunt becomes the visible ghost and fight against the invisible ghost which refers to the corrupt