Labyrinth

Labyrinth is a play written by Beth Steel. It was shown at the Hampstead Theatre in London. The first thing I encountered when I entered the theatre was the stage. It was in the center of the theater, which makes it entertaining for the audience to enjoy it at any side. This stage design is defined as traverse. Another aspect I encountered in the performance were the props and how limited it was. Props that they used include nation’s flags, the trap and steel doors, and the lighting. The traverse stage and the design of the set allowed for a more engaging and intimate performance. Physical wise, the stage was not big which makes it a challenge for the performers to not block anything for the audience. Overall, the traverse stage and the design…

Greek Mythology can be seen as the merging of human beliefs, imagination, artistic convention and perceptions of divinity. The most interesting and perhaps one of the very few enigmas from the past that continues to blur the lines between reality and mythology is the Minoan Labyrinth at Knossos. A structure so ingenious and elaborate that it went down in history and mythology. The Labyrinth is symbolic a tale of eternal love, deceitful men and vengeful gods – the legend of the Minotaur and goes…

The film Pan’s Labyrinth is not without its share of perilous moments. Throughout the duration of Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy opus, many dangers both real and supernatural are presented to the protagonists. These real and fantastical dangers can be personified in the characters Captain Vidal and The Fawn. Captain Vidal, the death-obsessed sociopathic step father of young Ofelia, directly terrorizes, tortures and kills many characters in the film. On the other hand, there is The Fawn. The…

film Pan’s Labyrinth, by the very famous and talented Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, has transcended and surpassed many records in the film industry. The film contains many peculiar aspects that pertain to realism and to fantasy that make it so the film is distinct from other films. The protagonist of the Ofelia displays certain characteristics and other aspects that in turn gives the film that sort of special charm that differentiates this film from other films. The main character Ofelia…

Pan’s Labyrinth next to director Guillermo del Toro. According to Del Toro, King squirmed when the Pale Man chased Ofelia. Del Toro compared that the experience was like winning an Oscar (Davis). Guillermo Del Toro’s 2006 fantasy film Pan’s Labyrinth follows Ofelia in 1944 Francoist Spain where she discovers the magical underworld of the Faun. The film is an allegorical story, whose ending can be interpreted in different ways. This essay analyzes the ending of Pan’s Labyrinth in terms of motif,…

Pan’s Labyrinth commences when the main character, an eleven year old girl named Ofelia, and her pregnant, sickly mother travel into the forest to an old mill with her evil stepfather. Ofelia clings to her mother at the beginning of the story to not confront the unhappiness of her reality. One night she sneaks out of the mill lured by a locus to an enchanted garden in the forest, and interacts with a faun that informs her about her father and her potential future. Once she returns back to mill…

Guillermo del Toro uses visual storytelling, character traits, and comparison through editing to convey the essential themes of Romance and fairytales. He then uses these strategies to mix fantasy and reality, and increase the sense of danger for Ofelia and the viewer. In the classic Romance narrative, the hero acts as a metaphor for the divine, and the villain acts as a metaphor for the devil. Ofelia in Pan’s Labyrinth is the hero that is a associated with nature, and therefore the divine.…

Pan's labyrinth centers around Ofelia after she is sent to live with her stepfather who happens to be captain of the Spanish army. The dark fairytale switches between Ofelia's fantasy world, and the real world she lives in. In the magical world, Ofelia meets a faun who tells her she is the long lost princess of the underworld and must complete three tasks in order to prove her royalty and return to her kingdom. In reality, Ofelia is just trying to escape the cruel realities of the world through…

Pan’s Labyrinth takes place after the Spanish Civil War. It intertwines the real world of hardship and war, with a mythical world, the labyrinth. Pan’s Labyrinth is a film, which takes on many myths and symbols from Greek mythology and it encompasses everything from the underworld to femininity all while telling an extraordinary story. The myths of the ascent and descent to the underworld are displayed in the film when Ofelia completes her tasks by going to the underworld. What she…

Pan’s Labyrinth was directed by acclaimed Mexican director, Guillermo Del Toro, and released on December 29, 2006. Del Toro is known for putting rich, sympathetic characters- usually children and otherworldly creatures- in grandiose stories. He has directed films from the Gothic Horror of Cronos and The Devil's Backbone, to the humor of his comic book adaptation of Hellboy. He combined both his favored character types when making Pan’s Labyrinth. The movie is also shot wholly in Spanish, with…