Seventh Seal Symbolism

In the film, The Seventh Seal, by Ingmar Bergma, argues that death is the only truth that exists for all man's knowledge. Ingmar shows this through the character Antonius Block, The Squire Jon, and the actor Jof, as each shows a different perspective on their belief on life and what death is/ means to them. You will also find symbolism in the lighting and sound.
Through the knight you can see that faith can replace knowledge through some people and can not through others. One example may be the witch. When the knight asked her if she saw the devil she said yes but when she said that he could to if he looked into her eyes and he did not see him he then started to ask why she thought he would help her or save her from the pain and all she said was " I know he will... I know he will!". The knight believes that there is a God but in the beginning of the movie when he stopped in the middle of praying it showed that he was starting to doubt. Then through out the movie he questions people in a way that is showing he wants to believe but he can not with out the knowledge that God and …show more content…
Jof is faith based instead of knowledge based, yet if someone explains something to him about faith he usually will ask them further questions about there perspective on it, as well as there own personal knowledge. Jof believes that there is a God and has visions through out the film. For him God is not necessarily silent because instead he send visions to speak to him. Life is all about being happy with his son and wife living freely and peacefully. They live life to the fullest they can and always try to be happy, kind and nice to others and most of all loving. He does not think that knowledge could replace faith. His faith would stay while knowledge would come like learning in school, he listens to what people think and say but he will also ask a lot of questions to learn more, while taking his only opinions