Thank you for joining us once again in this beautiful tale of a joyful union which ends in a dungeon for our beautiful heroine. Brave is the heart that doesn't give up in times of turmoil. Millie Bobby Brown puts on the strength of wonder woman for this battle with an ancestral dragon. Enjoy reading these life lesson from Damsel.
- The Promise of Gold
Elodie (Millie Bobby Brown) is betrothed to a wealthy prince in a distant castle which leaves her royal family awed by all its beauty and splendor, but how pure is the glittering gold? The joyful union turns out to be a deceiving transaction which attempts to substitute the life of innocent Elodie for a sacrificial bond that sustains the wealth of the kingdom. In reality, most people want to be associated with success, and most of us want what appears more attractive than what we already have. We often fail to see the grotesque hiding behind the beauty we crave.
Be careful how you long for what you haven't helped build, because you might just become another stone added to the building.
- Question Accepted Norms
Elodie mentions the distant spark of flames she saw in the mountains to Prince Henry (Nick Robinson), and he claims its a common tradition for honoring the ancestors. The honorable tradition turns out to be a condemnation of innocent girls to the flames of a dragon, in sustenance of a pact to keep the wealthy kingdom.
Human beings have turned out to be inherently selfish. Most people ignore and turn their face away from questionable ills in society that wrongly condemn innocents because they benefit in one way or the other. Question your traditions and accepted norms. If you have a tradition or culture that condemns the innocent, then the wrong people are in power. This might sound mythical but its more common place than we would like to admit. It is a nefandous situation which society is ashamed or afraid of addressing. Our world suffers turmoil and imbalance because we continue to accept such primitive wrongness rather than overcome and relegate them to the pages of history.
- Selfish Purposes
Lady Bayford's (Angela Bassett) euphoria at the opportunity to gain affluence is quickly dashed by Queen Isabelle (Robin Wright). Queen Isabelle sees through Lady Bayford's pretense of appreciating the splendor of the castle and quickly raises up a boundary of difference in status. Lady Bayford's then loses pleasure at the wedding and tries to talk Elodie out of it. Its not because she really cares about Elodie, but rather it's because what she hoped to gain didn't come along with the union.
Although, her displeasure at the wedding is right, it is backed by a selfish purpose because she never considered Elodie's welfare when she accepted the betrothal to total strangers in a distant kingdom under the promise of gold. In reality, people who side with you do not necessarily have your best interest at heart. Like we mentioned in the review of 'The Count of Monte Christo', having a common enemy is not a criteria for friendship.
- Over Compensate
Queen Isabelle burdened by the secrets of the castle, over compensates by beautifying the castle. In reality, just like lipstick on a pig, people burdened by guilt attempt to make their ugly endeavors attractive by basking in splendor. It mostly turns out to be a bitter languish in vanity, and like we mentioned in the movie 'The Electric State', our human consciousness is never truly satisfied by vanity, it only creates a deeper hollow which needs more filling.
- Unhealthy Wealth
At the after wedding ritual, Queen Elizabeth hands Elodie a gold coin. The gold coin symbolizes a pact of corruption to ensure that she partakes of the guilt. In the usual nature of the systems of wickedness, Elodie is tasked to cast the coin into the chasm, which also symbolizes that such 'supposed benefits' aren't really beneficial.
Elodie's bond to partake by accepting gold and exchanging blood qualifies her as a substitute for the ritualistic sacrifice. It is a very smart evil, that a lot of people still fall for in modern times. Men overcome by lust partake of demonic bonds, only to end up being the sacrificial lamb. Some become mentally ill due to intoxicating drugs, some become caught up in gang violence, and some become entrapped in cycles they never wished to be in. All these are examples of substituting a potentially vibrant and prosperous life for something unbeneficial. Be mindful of your cycle and aspirations, don't fall for the decoy that looks like a beautiful promise but hides a trap.
- The Heavy Price
Elodie blindly trusts Prince Henry to carry her after the union of their blood. Her trust turns out to be a heavy price as Prince Henry casts her into the chasm just like her gold coin. In reality, even according to the Christian bible, 'the heart of man is desperately wicked' and most people are truly selfish. Therefore, trust is a very high price most people pay and it is a tough lesson to learn with experience and a common tale that's told. The problem is that the human heart is made to love and most people give their trust in hope of love. What has befallen our joy and need to love one another must be fixed in order to restore balance and truly correct our human race journey of ascension. Our present systems and attitudes just doesn't meet the expectations. We honestly believe that those who planned our journey or infused our DNAs, never expected we would turn out to be so wicked to one another. Honestly the Gods, would be shocked!!!
That's our take on this beautiful movie of hope in strange places. May we draw strength from our heroine and accept that all hope isn't lost, if only we can pull ourselves together and realign our affairs.
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