The Matrix Revolutions

repetitive cycles that occur in any major hero story. He lays out the journey every hero must endure in order to fully develop into the hero they’re destined to be. One of the most contemporary myths that alludes to the mono myth is the 1999 film, The Matrix. Here, Thomas Anderson or Neo, the protagonist, is separated from the reality he’s always known and awakens to the truth of human existence. Through Campbell’s mono myth it becomes evident just how much they intertwine. In the…

seems. Morpheus gives him the option of getting out of this alternate reality through a red pill. He gets out of the system in order to receive training by Morpheus and defeat the three suited men that control the whole system. In the movie, “The Matrix” by Joel Silver, there are many motifs parallel to philosophy. Plato’s allegory of the cave is one running…

Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and so many more works, is believed to one of the smartest and most enlightened men to live. He is remarkable because he lived in a time where most people were uneducated. Just as in “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato and The Matrix by the Wachowski sisters, there is a prisoner in both who do not understand that they are prisoners, then freed to be enlightened.…

really “the One”? “The Matrix” is a very well organized movie. There are many different scenes that symbolize various types of conclusions about society. Neo, Trinity, Morpheus, Cypher, Switch, as well as many other characters have different meanings to their names. In order to see all of the symbolic references in “The Matrix” you need to look very closely. “The Matrix” illustrates that modern-day life may not be as simple and complex as it could be. Characters in “The Matrix” are part of a…

The Matrix is an icon of popular culture, with phrases referring to it permeating our day to day language. With idioms like “Glitch in the matrix” and ”take the red pill” many people make reference to this (at the time) groundbreaking work of fiction in their everyday lives. However, most are ignorant to some of the biggest influences on the franchise as a whole. India, and more specifically Buddhism have a large influence on the background and story of The Matrix trilogy. The inspiration for…

The robot takes over the world, people sleep in the program that they created and live in a virtual life. My eyes are kept focus on the screen. The love for The Matrix goes back when I was in middle school, the first time I watched the movie.The Matrix is a science fiction film. This movie is about Neo, a guy who sleeps on the Matrix for a long time and one day he gets hacked. A group of hackers promises that they will tell him the truth about the world that he is living in He follows his…

The hero cycle in The Matrix For Centuries, there has been a common pattern across all mediums of entertainment. From Blockbuster movies to ancient epics, there is a clearly identifiable cycle. A hero, a journey, some conflicts to cause a mess, a reward worthy of a hero, and said hero returning home and everybody celebrating his deeds and accomplishments or him taking his place in society as a more mature version of himself. When we are first introduced to Neo, he is fallen asleep on his…

Shmuli December 8th 2016 The Matrix: The Mind, Body, and Metaphysical/True Relation “The Matrix” was released on March 31st 1999, categorized as a science fiction film, written and directed by Laurence and Andrew Wachowski, known together as the “Wachowski Brothers”. The innovative film contributed to the mass success, as several sequels have been followed by the original 1999 creation, leading to the net worth of “The Matrix” series being over $1.5 Billion…

Corinth to avoid his prophecy, only to fulfill it. Neo from The Matrix attempts to leave his home to discover his true identity, only to discover he is trapped in a controlled computer world. Both characters attempt to leave home with intentions of changing their lives as well as their fate. Oedipus and Neo cannot rid their fate, and they cannot escape their…

Wachowski siblings film, The Matrix, and Campbell’s hero’s journey. While producing this film, the siblings used the hero’s journey as the backbone. It starts out with the call to adventure, then the road of trials, and later the apotheosis. The apotheosis is the point in which the character has gained further insight is attained. With having this greater knowledge, the hero is now able to go on to a more arduous adventure. In the Wachiowski’s Siblings film The Matrix, Neo’s pout of realization…