Pans Labyrinth Essay

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Kristal Buffington English 101 Right or Wrong In Pan’s Labyrinth the difference between right and wrong is a big part in the actions taken by Ofelia. Ofelia is free-spirited, imaginative and does as she pleases no matter what anyone around her says, her mother and Captain Vidal say she is doing wrong but in her eyes she is doing what she feels to be the right thing. For example in the movie, Ofelia is told to greet Captain Vidal as “Father”, her mother tells her to do this as an appreciation for all Captain Vidal had done for them. When Ofelia sees him she does not say a thing and then shakes his hand, upsetting both her mother and Captain Vidal, where he then corrects her and tells her she shook his hand incorrectly. In this scene Ofelia is seen to be doing wrong in the eyes of her Mother and the Captain, but in her eyes she feels to be doing no wrong because she refuses to call someone who is not her dad, father. She even portrays this message to the Captain’s maid, Mercedes when she says, “ The Captain-he's not my father. My father was a tailor. He died in the war. The Captain’s not my father.” Ofelia makes it known that the Captain is not her father. Ofelia is a girl who thinks for herself and does not let anyone tell her what to do. In this movie, the battle between right and wrong, can be directly related to captivity and freedom, on one end doing what is right to others can be a form of captivity, while following our hearts and doing what is right in our own eyes can give us a sense of personal freedom. The more Ofelia does wrong in the eyes of her mother and the Captain, the closer she gets to the underworld, and the closer she gets to freedom. I believe that the more that Captain Vidal and Ofelia’s mother try to externally captivate her, the more Ofelia follows her heart and gains internal freedom. In the movie, Captain Vidal and
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