Jöns In The Seventh Seal

The Seventh Seal portrays, Jöns, on the surface as a wise and faithful servant, but underneath he becomes an important character who symbolizes the human grasp for survival and the fight against death. The Seventh Seal written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, introduces its audience to a squire, named Jöns. A wise servant of the brave and valiant knight, Attonis Block, but Jöns differs from Block in many ways. First off, Block is faith driven, while Jöns is attached to earthly things. He states: “My little stomach is my world, my head is my eternity, and my hands, two wonderful suns. My legs are time's damned pendulums, and my dirty feet are two splendid starting points for my philosophy. Everything is worth precisely as much as a belch, the …show more content…
During the beginning of the film we learn that jons does try to protect Block when Jöns discovers a hollowed, distorted, and rotten figure leaning against a rock after the mistake of asking for directions. He then Block him that the robed stranger said “nothing”—a message that was “most eloquent.” This shows that not only is death everywhere, but that no matter where death is, humans will always try to survive and protect those that they love. Jons knows that Block will have to somehow face death. The only ironic moment that serves is when jons ends up with the same fate as his master. Dancing with death. The relationship that jons shares with his master is important because it gives Jons depth in his purpose. His one goal is to appease and help the knight. there is only a few other opportunities when jons shows his caring side. for instance, when he condoles Plog “Yes, it's hell with women and hell without them. So, however you look at it, it's still best to kill them off while it's most amusing or when he tries to stop the silent girl from getting the plague spread to her “It's totally meaningless. Can't you hear that I'm consoling