Symbolism In The Film 'The Village'

In the movie 'The Village', there was a lot of symbolism included. The red berries were a big symbolism of fear and curiousness. "Those We Don't Speak Of" was a symbol of the red berries because when there were red berries around, that meant that there were creatures around and everyone thought that they were going to hurt them because that's what they were taught when they were younger. Ivy and her sister buried the bright red berries because they thought something was going to happen when they saw bright colors. Bright red colors attract "Those We Don''t Speak Of". The woods also was a symbol of fear and suspense. People were told not to go into the woods unless you had a safe color on, but the woods is another place the creatures stay. Nobody knows what the creatures look like but they know that it is dangerous. In the middle of the movie, they all get a warning to go inside because "Those …show more content…
My second opinion is that Ivy's blindness was an ability on her part because she didn't know what the color red was but she knew of that name and she knew it was fearful. She also didn't have to see her boyfriends blood everywhere after Noah killed him. He killed him because he thought that Ivy and Lucuis's love wasn't good for each other. Another reason it was an ability is because when she went into the woods to see what was bothering everyone, she had a safe color on but she couldn't see that she had mud on herself. And the safe color got covered up and the creature started coming after her. She wasn't able to see it, she didn't get a good look at it so she wasn't that scared. If she was able to see, she would have been more scared, because she would've been able to see how creepy it was. But in the end, the berries turned out to be nothing and the creatures ended up not being real. So on Ivy's part it was an ability for her not being able to