“The Matrix” is a very well organized movie. There are many different scenes that symbolize various types of conclusions about society. Neo, Trinity, Morpheus, Cypher, Switch, as well as many other characters have different meanings to their names. In order to see all of the symbolic references in “The Matrix” you need to look very closely. “The Matrix” illustrates that modern-day life may not be as simple and complex as it could be. Characters in “The Matrix” are part of a symbolizing system; each character held their own meaning to what they represented in the story
The name Morpheus in Greek mythology, means the God of dreams. (Morpheus Name Meaning) In the movie, he is the leader of the rebel forces who fight to …show more content…
As Agent Smith tells Neo, "You have been living two life’s" (The Matrix). As Thomas, he's working for a software company and lives inside the matrix. As Neo, he is a computer hacker who wakes up in the real world. Neo is referred to as “the One”. “In Christian theology, Jesus Christ is the Messiah (Son of God, Son of Man, "Light of The World") who saves mankind from its sins" (John 8:12). In the Bible, Jesus dies on the cross, but later is resurrected and ascends to heaven. Christ translates from Hebrew into "Anointed One" (What Does "Christ" Actually Mean?). The movie, Neo dies by getting shot to death and just like god comes back to life. At the end of the movie, it shows Neo flying up into the sky. This shows that Neo is a God/ Oracle of the matrix. Neo's full name in the matrix is Thomas A. Anderson. The last name means "Son of Man" or "Man's Son (both refer also to Jesus Chris). In "The Matrix," Thomas/Neo was shot by the agent, yet he didn't realize it until he looked down, touched the bullet hole in his chest and saw the blood. Afterwards, he was shot several more times and died. After only a few minutes he come back to life but this time as "The One." After being resurrected, Neo "The One" jumps into the body of Agent Smith and explodes him into a ball of light. In the Bible, Jesus says, "I am the light of the world" (John 8:12). In the dictionary, "Neo" has many different meaning's