Shows how Joseph Campbell's model for a hero's journey has been adapted to the movie 'the matrix'.
Date Submitted: 07/03/2004 15:42:46
Category: / Arts & Humanities / Film & TV
Length: 7 pages (1804 words)
Category: / Arts & Humanities / Film & TV
Length: 7 pages (1804 words)
"The Matrix" is a film which follows the structure of a traditional quest story. However, the composers have appropriated elements of this structure to suit a contemporary audience by considering the views and values of our present culture. In making these adjustments to elements of the traditional hero/quest story, the film is more appealing and thus more accessible to a wide and varied audience. The context of the movie is a world in which …
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…I'm going to show them a world, without you. A world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries. A world, where anything is possible". The outcome of Neo's quest has granted humans the freedom to live in "a oneness with the world" where the distinction between reality and the hidden truth is no longer distorted, where life has purpose and where humans have power to control their destiny and the capabilities of modern technology.
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