Symbolism- El laberinto del Fauno
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- Created on: 14-05-21 09:55
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- Symbolism
- Tree
- split into 2 halves
- shows 'los dos espanas'
- shows the tree of Knowledge of Good & evil
- flower
- Vidal dying represents Franco dying
- flower grows on the divided tree which represent the 'new Spain' & new generation
- only showed 1 flower to show hope of a new spain
- long journey to recovery but shows the first step
- fairy
- when Ofelia dies, a fairy appears
- shows that she is there watching the new Spain grow
- finally became the fairy she wanted to be & always read about
- when Ofelia dies, a fairy appears
- fig tree represent the promised land
- represents Spain when it has come to the end of the Franco regime
- split into 2 halves
- Toad
- represents the socio economic imbalance in Spain during the civil war
- higher classes are taking the resources from the lower classes- represents an imbalance & inequality
- upper class is slowly killing the lower class through lack of resources & greed
- higher classes are taking the resources from the lower classes- represents an imbalance & inequality
- toad= Vidal/ Franco
- tree= republicans trying to fight for a better Spain
- more wealthy
- the toad/ Vidal is sucking all of the resources out of Spain, leaving nothing for anyone else
- represents the socio economic imbalance in Spain during the civil war
- Labyrinth
- symbolizes Ofelia's desire to escape her reality
- wants to find redemption from the hardships in life
- represents the complexity of her real life circumstances
- struggling to find a way out of her reality- everything becomes confusing & overwhelming
- link between her reality & fantasy
- uses fantasy/ the labyrinth as a way of escaping the truth of the war & her new life
- can't seem to find/ see the end when she is always running in circles to escape
- symbolizes Ofelia's desire to escape her reality
- Rose
- shows Ofelia is willing to die to find her way to the rose @ the top of the mountain
- thorns= tasks she must complete in order to become royalty again
- rose on the mountain= eternal life for those who are willing to sacrifice everything / struggle to overcome difficulties
- thorns= terrors & horrors of living with Vidal & through the civil war
- desperate to escape reality
- Tree
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