Hayao Miyazaki regards "human" and "nature" as two extremes that can never be compromised with each other. However, he is not a complete denialist and pessimist. He is affirmative of human development and use of nature for survival. But what he emphasized is the harmony between man and nature. Therefore, Ashidaka in the film sympathizes with those people who have to cut forests and mountains and fight against the gods in order to survive and develop under the leadership of Magic Ji, and help him defend the city from the enemy; on the other hand, On the one hand, he fought side by side with Princess Mononoke, protecting the forest and the mountain beast god. As the only person who can be accepted by both humans and the mountains and forests, he once ran between the gods and men, but in the end he still ended up with a tragic ending that he didn't want to see-the gods and men hurt both. Ashitaka also said: "I have tried my best to prevent (the war between gods and men), but ultimately failed." But no matter whether the problem of coexistence between man and nature has been resolved, survival as a human being is still the most important issue. So in the end, Ashitaka said to Princess Mononoke: "We want to live together!" Once again, he reiterated the theme of the coexistence of man and nature. In addition, the psychological distance between tragedies and people established by him using the art form of modern mythology not only enables people to look at tragedies in reality more objectively, but also triggers people's further thinking about reality.
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