Fears and images beyond 140 words and the finale of mankind

Xzavier 2022-01-27 08:05:38

"The oldest and strongest human emotion is fear; and the oldest and strongest fear is the fear of the unknown."

—— HPLovercraft

Humans have emotions before they give birth to languages ​​and are different from everything else. On this planet, from fear of lightning, to drilling wood for fire, from fear of darkness, to the invention of electric light, mankind tried every possible means to expel the darkness in front of them. Just as "Don't walk into that good night gently" repeated in "Interstellar", because of the fear of the endless darkness of outer space, mankind firmly believes and can proudly say "our journey is the stars and the sea." But not all endings can express a bright hymn because of such fearlessness and tenderness. The viewing experience of "The Witch" is very similar to that of "Behind You" last year. Both have long been praised and full of expectations. There is a core symbol of horror theme, excellent lens language, and the soundtrack is as good as "The Shining", bringing out the original virginity. Of fear. Only this time, human fear is still in a time zone where the darkness of the Middle Ages has not yet faded. My father was afraid of his momentary recklessness and blind faith, and was unable to support life outside the plantation. Sneak selling silverware, unfamiliar hunting skills, no harvest of grains in the savage land. He was afraid of not going through this winter, so he died in winter. So far, the fear of the father, concretely as a ram, was eventually stabbed to death by the ram. Mothers are afraid of breaking away from the existing social system, but they are even more afraid of losing the patriarchal society that they can rely on. When the son disappeared, he complained about her husband's deportation. After losing two sons one after another, he prevented her husband from traveling on rainy night. She was worried about losing her male son at home, so she saw the dead of her old son in the middle of the night, hoping to breastfeed again and find her previous position in the patriarchal system. The mother was blinded by the illusion, not knowing that there was blood under her body. Her fear was embodied as a crow, and was eventually hacked to death by her despised daughter. The eldest son fears being seduced by original sin, is occupied by desire, is punished by the oracle, and falls into hell. He couldn't help but fixed his gaze on his sister's chest, and felt deeply self-blame for his disdainful behavior. His incomprehension about the original sin was not reasonably interpreted by his father, and he was afraid of being punished by the gods for no reason just like his brother. He was worried about the harmony of the family, understood his father's cowardice, and used a white lie to cover up another lie. He dared to rescue his beloved sister and wanted to step into the forbidden forest alone, but was lost in it. His fear stems from being seduced by sexual desire, from the first lie he sown, worrying that the mistakes he has committed have broken a prohibition, and he will no longer be sacred. Therefore, his fear is embodied as the enchanting witch in the mountains and the non-existent apple, and eventually he lost his mind and died because of self-blame and regret. The eldest daughter was afraid of being abandoned by her parents and exchanged her own sacrifice for a stable winter. She was afraid of losing her father's trust, so she firmly believed in what her father said and asked for forgiveness sincerely. She was afraid of losing her mother’s affection, so she was obedient to her. Work hard. However, the unexpected situation that caused her fear came early, and she would be sold to any "good family" who could ease the embarrassment of the family, and exchange life's misfortune for the family's winter happiness. She was afraid of being abandoned by her parents and misunderstood by her family. In the end, she was sold at a low price, framed by her brothers and sisters, and questioned by her parents. While hacking her mother to death, she also hacked her depressed herself to death. So her fear is embodied as a witch. And what frightened me the most was that my father comforted his daughter in pretending to be calm and peaceful, and let the family survive by sacrificing himself. It is reminiscent of the "coming out experiment" seen a few days ago. In the twenty years since quack fell to the ground to the present day, what kind of face is the love of these parents? Is it sincere or has another plan? For me, the most fearful thing is that my father no longer loves me. Is the willingness to pay in the past two decades just for the comparison of middle-aged parents, or is it a piece of insurance purchased by elderly parents? Humanity’s decades-long emotions are vulnerable to real interests. Trust, love, and past harmony have magnified this father’s cowardice, incompetence, hypocrisy, and selfishness infinitely. He actually used his own daughter to make up for his arrogance. For the sins he committed, he used the name of love to make up for his incompetence. The gap between the twin brothers and sisters makes human emotions and blood relationships seem extremely ridiculous. The siblings who get along day and night and are of the same blood, because of a sudden accident, provoke and stalk each other, verbalize each other, and cannibalize each other. And this horrible scene, I can only remember it only fifty years ago. In my opinion, the ultimate discussion of "Witch" is exactly the same as "It Behind", except that the fear of the latter is placed in the 21st century, and after all, it is just another time zone in which human civilization exists. The former fears blind faith, the latter fears disease. Both involve the weakness of human beings-the great tragedy rooted in genes since the evolution of language-the collective dependence brought about by the social life and the selfish suspiciousness that arises from this. Whether it's the snow-covered hotel in The Shining, the indescribable horrible person in Behind, or the wild land outside the plantation in The Witch, They are all closed and single to break this social connection. Even though human beings have existed for millions of years, they still worry about being isolated, misunderstood, and alienated. They are as timid as a baby, unable to get out of the infancy of the collective, and they continue to oppress individuals in the collective to isolate, misunderstand, and alienate the same kind. The loss of a baby is just like any inevitable accident in human civilization. Sudden differences test human minds for hundreds of thousands of years. Without coups, bloodshed and sacrifices, revolutions and dynasties, and without the drive of darkness and fear, mankind would probably not be able to go tonight. If there is no doctrine of ignorant sentient beings, no genes of plague, black death, and selfishness and ignorance, human beings will probably evolve steadily into "truth, good and beautiful" beautiful creatures, creating the myth of communism, but "whether it is a collective or an individual, too single can only lead to extinction. ". Human beings can't fly.

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The Witch quotes

  • William: Did ye make some unholy bond with that goat?

  • William: Corruption, thou art my father!