Humanity In Princess Mononoke

With a film beginning with a demonic boar attacking a village and Ashitaka taking action with a victory, we know that this is going to be a battle between humanity and nature. Although Ashitaka finds victory at the time, we later see that this boar is the leading cause of Ashitaka’s death. There is also a dispute between humanity and nature as nature is not happy with the production of iron due to the fact that many forests are being cleared. We see Ashitaka’s desire to bring peace between both nature and humans, and Princess Mononoke sees that as she has her foot in both parties. Throughout the movie, the director also uses personification to clearly display the thoughts and feelings of the animals. We see anger and animosity between the animals and humans leading to great controversy. The battle between humanity and nature will always be present until true respect is shown to nature by the humans.
Princess Mononoke is a prime example of the intertwining between humanity and nature. Her experience of being raised by …show more content…
This film shows the battle between both parties will always be present until we see a new respect from the humans for nature. Nature is very powerful and we see the influence that it had on Princess Mononoke. Ashitaka is seen being pulled by the humans when he finds victory through the death of the boar, but the curse that the boar puts on him shows that nature ultimately has more power. As Princess Mononoke is human by birth, she was raised by nature, therefore, defending what has always supported her. Her push for respect through efforts to end Iron Town shows that she understands the respect that nature deserves. Personification is also used through animals such as Moro having the ability to talk to the humans and share their feelings about receiving no respect. This altercation only ends between humanity and nature when harmony follows deserved