A brief illustration of The Witch

Trycia 2022-04-21 09:01:43

I just finished watching this movie, and I still feel a lot of emotions. In order to better analyze this movie, I choose to tell the general story first, focusing on some important scenes. Then I will specifically say what I think about the film and the meaning of some animals in the film. Don't talk nonsense~ Hurry up to the beginning of the main story. A man expresses his opinion with a firm and powerful voice, and his wife's firm eyes towards her husband and the anxiety of her son and daughter are also expressed by this scene.

son's worries
eldest daughter
The firm expression of the parents on the matter

In this scene, it is also revealed that the family originally lived in the UK, and later came here because of their different understanding of religion. It was also the family who were expelled from the village because they disagreed with the church in the village.

In the scene of the family leaving the village in a carriage, the mother's hand is tightly holding the eldest daughter's hand, indicating that the mother's love for the child is the same

Mother tugging hands of older daughter

After arriving at the destination, the family followed their father's lead and prayed. At this time, the eyes of the father and mother were firm. You can also see how strong they are in their beliefs.

As time went on, the mother had another baby, and everything in this story began from then on. The eldest daughter who helped the mother take care of the baby played a game to coax the baby, similar to covering her face and making a strange face.

eyes closed ~ open
happy little baby

Judging from the eldest daughter's expression, something bad must have happened. (Well, that's crap) The baby's gone

The lady is terrified
The child is missing...

From then on, the mother was immersed in the pain of losing her child, and for this pain, the mother's treatment was to transfer all this to the hatred of the eldest daughter, the mother who once held her daughter's hand and comforted her when she was far away from the village. , and now there are only complaints about this matter. This is also a way of showing the cowardice of the character of the mother. Could it be that she and her husband were not at fault in this matter? In the face of misfortune, as a mother of several children, all that is left is the constant prayer and the almost harsh hatred for her daughter

However, misfortunes do not come singly. The family entered another crisis - hunger. Faced with the shortage of food, the father's solution was to sell his wife's silver cups in exchange for food, but due to the approaching winter, the food was far from enough to sustain a family. The father reluctantly took his eldest son to the forest where he and his wife did not want to enter to hunt for food.

At this time, an important animal appeared in the film~

big eyes~

After seeing the rabbit, the two of them shot in a hurry. It can also be seen from here that the father did not seem to have hunted before. In the panic, the father was injured by the gun in the eye, but the rabbit ran away.

There's something beautiful about this spark

The two who were unsuccessful had no choice but to return home

When they arrived at the house, they found chaos. The youngest twins drove the black ram. The father brought the ram back to the sheepfold.

Look carefully at this picture

The mother scolds her daughter when she comes up without questioning the indiscretion. At this time, the father also has the same attitude as the mother, and asks the daughter to wash clothes by the river. Later, Moses, one of the twins, learned that mothers generally do not allow her and her younger brother to come to the river, and it can be seen that the mother's prejudice against the eldest daughter

When washing clothes by the river, the sister and brother chatted by the river. Personally, I think this younger brother is more responsible and reasonable at home. Although he paid too much attention to his sister's body... This also reflects the sexual oppression of parents on their sons.

While we were chatting, the little sister Moses came. She framed her sister as a witch, and the hostess lied about herself as a witch and frightened her.

At dinner, the mother asked her about the silver cup. The mother insisted that the daughter stole it. The father just claimed that the daughter did not do it, and did not tell her the truth.

When it was time to go to bed in the evening, the mother expressed to her husband that she wanted to sell the eldest daughter for food. The father refused at first, but later agreed, and comforted himself that it was a good family...

But unfortunately, all this was heard by the children upstairs. For this reason, the younger brother wanted to go out to hunt in the woods to prevent this from happening, and the heroine was afraid that the younger brother would have an accident and accompanied him to the forest. While leading the horse, the heroine found the rabbit in the sheepfold.

They came to the forest, and the hostess said here that she misses the glass windows when she was in England. It can also be seen that the living conditions of the family were good in the previous life.

Just as the two were reminiscing about the beautiful past, the rabbit appeared again. This time the dog chased out first, and the younger brother also chased, and the heroine's horse was frightened and pushed the heroine to the ground.

On the other side, the parents who found that the two children were missing also began to search, but only found the eldest daughter.

On his brother's side, he followed the rabbit to a thatched hut, and a young woman came out of the hut, and the young woman seduced him...

The mother once again complained about her daughter and brought up the matter of the silver cup again. This time, the father finally admitted it. The mother, like her daughter, admitted her mistake and expressed her long-lost comfort.

Everything seemed to calm down. One day, the heroine was milking the sheep in the sheepfold, while the twins played with the black sheep and framed the heroine again.

Caleb is the heroine's younger brother

The heroine first quarreled with the two children, and then the goat milk that was squeezed out turned into blood, which frightened the heroine to leave quickly.

When it rained, the heroine found her naked brother outside the door and took him home, but the younger brother was unconscious

After that, the couple decided to go back to the plantation to find a doctor for their son and marry off their daughter. Here, the mother said something that shocked her husband, to the effect that she felt that her love for God surpassed that of her warm husband.

Another day, the mother and the hostess were doing farm work, while the younger sister Moses sang unpleasant songs. The hostess reprimanded her, but the mother told Moses to continue singing. It can also be seen that the mother did not forgive her daughter.

Just as the two sides were fighting for "don't sing" and "keep singing", a scream attracted the attention of all parties

It turned out that the younger brother woke up, but he woke up abnormally. After praying, he spit out an apple core, and then he began to go into a state of madness. At this time, the father wanted the whole family to pray together, but the twins couldn't. I can't remember the words of prayer, and I have repeatedly wronged the heroine, which also aggravated the couple's suspicion and disgust for the heroine.

After that, the younger brother entered a calm state, but with prayers (probably prayers) in his mouth, he slowly lay down until he lost his breath.

The mother cried and fell ill when she saw this strong man, and then drove her daughter out

The father came to comfort his daughter

After a conversation between the two, the heroine found that her father was just trying to admit that he was a witch from his own mouth. The heroine angrily accused her father of being weak and irresponsible, and her doubts about the twins and the black sheep. When the father heard it, he was timid at first, and then angrily scolded the heroine

He dragged her home and locked her in a sheepfold with her twins.

At night, when the couple was sleeping, the wife suddenly woke up. From the picture, her silver cup came back, and the eldest son came back with his younger son

Top left silver cup

There was a strange smell around, but the mother hugged her little son in disapproval and wanted to breastfeed him, but she didn't know that the little son was just a crow pecking at her breast.

In the other half of the sheepfold, the heroine woke up and found a naked and old woman drinking goat milk. At this time, the three sisters screamed.

As soon as the picture went dark, it was morning again. When the father woke up, he found a mess, the sheepfold was knocked open, and all the sheep died tragically. The eldest daughter was lying on the ground. At this moment, the black sheep slammed into him.

first hit

At this point, he found an axe on the ground, he first picked it up, then said "Destruction, my Father" and discarded the axe

With the second hit of the black sheep, the father died tragically and was buried by the fallen firewood

The heroine just wanted to check on her father, but was pushed to the ground by her mother who didn't know everything, and said that she was a witch and wanted to strangle her daughter. Under the consciousness of survival, the daughter killed her mother with a knife.

The heroine is heartbroken

After that, the hostess went back to the house to calm down and fell asleep. Then I found the black sheep in the sheepfold and signed a contract with him

At the end of the story, the heroine and everyone danced freely in the air around the flames.

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  • Albert 2022-04-23 07:01:39

    Two and a half stars. I actually watched this movie when I was in the worst state to watch a movie

  • Jade 2022-04-24 07:01:04

    psychological shadow

The Witch quotes

  • [first lines]

    William: [before the court] What went we out into this wilderness to find? Leaving our country, kindred, our fathers' houses? We have travailed a vast ocean. For what? For what?

    Governor: We must ask thee to be silent!

    William: Was it not for the pure and faithful dispensation of the Gospels, and the Kingdom of God?

    Old Slater: No more! We are *your* judges, and not you ours!

    William: I cannot be judged by false Christians, for I have done nothing, save preach Christ's true Gospel.

    Governor: Must you continue to dishonor the laws of the commonwealth and the church with your prideful conceit?

    William: If my conscience sees it fit.

    Governor: Then shall you be banished out of this plantation's liberties!

    William: I would be glad of it.

    Governor: Then take your leave, and trouble us no further.

    William: How sadly hath The Lord testified against you.

    William: [turning to leave] Katherine...

  • Thomasin: [walking gradually toward her sister] I be the witch of the wood.

    Mercy: Liar! Liar!

    Thomasin: I am.

    Caleb: List' not to her, Mercy.

    Thomasin: I am that very witch. When I sleep my spirit slips away from my body and dances naked with The Devil. That's how I signed his book.

    Mercy: No!

    Thomasin: He bade me bring him an unbaptized babe, so I stole Sam, and I gave him to my master. And I'll make any man or thing else vanish I like.