The setting of the seven deadly sins reminds me of watching "The Divine Comedy" before, and I also read a little analysis of the seven deadly sins written by others, and I feel that there is still something to add. According to "The Divine Comedy", lust, gluttony, and greed are relatively minor sins among the seven deadly sins, so these characters also belong to the lesser sins in the film; these three sins are laziness, and then The next is anger, jealousy, and the most serious evil is arrogance, of course, this order is very Christian. First of all, lust (Last) appears in the image of a coquettish beauty, but the hand can be turned into a sharp blade with strong penetrating power, indicating that there is a danger behind the erotic temptation. And Lust was finally burned to death by Mustang who came to rescue Hawkeye. Some people say that Lust fell in love with the chief, and some people said that the love between the chief and the lieutenant defeated Lust. I think there's another metaphor that the seven characters representing the seven crimes are actually mostly the opposite of what they appear to be. For example, lust is deep in love, deep in greed is sharing and devotion, deep in anger is full of prayer for peace, and deep in arrogance is full of dependence. This subtle setting has the meaning of exploring the essence of the essence behind the phenomenon and sublimating in the process of negation of negation. Then there is gluttony (Glatoni), who looks like a giant baby and has low intelligence. A gluttonous belly, which can open a mouth full of fangs, is actually a failed replica of the door of truth, and may symbolize the inevitable failure of trying to obtain the truth by devouring everything. Bulimia is very attached to lust, always following her, calling her name when she is dying, which reminds me of the lip stage of babies with mixed food and color. This feeling of gluttony for lust is probably both mother and son and lover in nature. In the end, gluttony was swallowed up by arrogance, and there is an irony that gluttons will eventually be eaten. Of course, I think this plot is not as shocking as the ending of Taotie's final devouring of itself. Second is greed (Grid). Greed and arrogance are the roles of the eldest son and the eldest son, respectively, to the "Master Father" who created them. Greed was thrown into lava for betraying his father, and was reborn as one with the new prince Yao Lin. His ability to harden himself as needed, the so-called "strongest shield", contrasts with the sharp-eyed "strongest eye" of anger, perhaps symbolizing that greed is good at defending oneself, while anger is good at seeing through and attacking others. The awakening of greed begins with the memory recovery and emotional collapse after personally killing his partner in the previous life. This episode is very interesting. On the one hand, this means that greed reveals the desire to share deep within oneself, and on the other hand, it is also a kind of irony: greed takes everything in the world as its action criterion, but in the end it finds that it is too much to gain. In the process, many things have also been lost. The fusion of Yao Lin and greed symbolizes his greedy character, because he pursues the throne wholeheartedly; and his awakening begins with the death of his subordinates, because he finds that he still has something that he can't get no matter how much he pursues. In the end, greed separated from Yao Lin and died to save him. Some people say that this plot symbolizes that if you become an excellent king, you cannot have the quality of greed. Of course, it can also be said that Yao Lin has overcome his greed. Then there's anger (Lars). Rage's ostensible identity is President Bradley, the head of a militarized state. The "anger" of anger is actually not exposed, and most of the time the character is very dignified and calm. There's not much to say about him, mainly his contrasting relationship with Ska the Ishbal, who is full of vengeance in his heart because of his annihilation. Ska's brother has tattoos on his left and right arms, which are the results of his own research on alchemy. The right arm is destruction and the left arm is creation. Later, in order to save his younger brother, he put his right arm on Ska, who was cut off by the war. Since then, Ska has the ability to decompose and destroy, and starts a series of revenge actions. But Ska did not have the ability to create, and only added a creative tattoo to his left arm until the end. This symbolizes that he has stepped out of the shadow of anger, his soul has returned to integrity, and because of this, he has won anger. The serene look of anger on the face after death is also an extension of this metaphor. Then there is sloth (sloth). Sloth is big and slow, and once you move quickly, you can't control your direction. The mantra is "so troublesome", but you work non-stop all your life. It’s important to note that laziness doesn’t just mean lazy. According to the teachings of medieval Christianity, laziness also has the meaning of actively seeking good. That's why sloth was conquered by Armstrong - because of his evasive attitude in the Ishbar War. Although he didn't do evil, he didn't actively seek ways to improve like Master Mustang did. Rather, he chose to do nothing at all. The meaning of this is rather cryptic, because it may be difficult for the audience to understand why not participating in the war is worse than seeking a way to change after participating in the war. However, judging from the plot arrangement in which sloth was finally defeated by Armstrong, I think my guess is still basically correct. However, the author still mixes the two points of "lazy" and "inadequate seeking of kindness", which makes the metaphor of this plot not very obvious. And jealousy (Envi). The main body of jealousy is a small bug, but it can also be transformed into a huge green monster. This setting is a bit sleazy. He has humanoid hair like tufts of spikes, wears a black crop top, and is often snarky. His special ability is to become other Human appearance, this ability implies that jealous people often imitate others. Jealous finally tried to use words to sow discord among the united people, and it was pointed out that he often boasted as an artificial man, but he was actually jealous of human beings. Because he couldn't bear the truth, he chose to commit suicide. And finally Arrogance (Pride). Pride's power is the most powerful. As long as there is a place where shadows are produced by light, he can exert his powerful abilities. Those who pay attention to details may find that his abilities cannot be exerted in pure darkness. This symbolizes that arrogance arises in comparison and is a quality belonging to the dark side. He also has a weak body like jealousy, the difference is that jealousy's body emphasizes ugliness, while his body emphasizes weakness, so it presents the posture of a baby. Pride was finally defeated by Edward, indicating that Edward had overcome his arrogance.
The Seven Deadly Sins were created by the Father, who himself was a man-made man, the Hormon Culus in the flask (from "Faust"). Edward finally used his gate of truth in exchange for the body of his younger brother who was lost due to over-reliance on alchemy. From then on, he could no longer use alchemy, which was somewhat opposed to human beings' extreme reliance on technology. Hormon Culus itself is a monster produced by this technological system. After possessing self-awareness, it over-inflated (of course, this can also be interpreted as representing the inflated self-awareness of human beings), delusional devotion to gods and becoming perfect Existence, and for this reason, stripped the seven deadly sins from himself. His own statement is that the practice of stripping is to make himself more perfect, but in fact his achievements are inseparable from the drive of these sins. Homunculus' ultimate goal is to achieve himself, but he has always relied on the sage's stone made of human beings, which is completely different from the Elric brothers who refused to use the stone because of their own sins. It is a ridiculous and sad transcendental delusion to refuse to use one's own strength to pursue progress, to forcibly separate one's existence from others, and to put one's own interests above the sacrifice of others. Edward eventually surpassed the "god" by his own power, but his final achievement was nothing more than a happy ordinary man like the beginning of the story. Back to basics, but still will not stop the pursuit of the pace. This is probably the gorgeous to the bland. The whole story is strong and worth watching.
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