Age of Ultron may be the most spiritual superhero movie yet. The creators of “Avengers: Age of Ultron” use the archetypal Byronic hero of Tony Stark and different kind of allusions (historical and mostly biblical) to convey the idea that playing God’s role by making our own manmade gods will never result in peace.
Tony Stark holds Byronic traits that lead him to his biggest mistake: “Tony Stark is self-critical, perceptive, prideful, self-centered, and emotionally conflicted.” Tony has his own set of beliefs which he will not change for anyone. When Tony comes across Loki’s mysterious scepter from the first movie, a woman named Wanda Maximoff puts a terrifying vision in his head: He sees his friends dead or dying on a chunk of rock floating in space, with the rest of humanity surely about to perish from some horrible, extraterrestrial fate. In the teeth of that vision, Tony decides that the best way to safeguard the world, and his friends, is not by
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“When the earth starts to settle, God throws a stone at it,” Ultron says, and he’s preparing to do a little earthly smiting of his own. He quotes Jesus from Matthew, saying “Upon this rock I will build my church.” He compares the impending cataclysm with Noah and the Flood. It’s fitting, given that Ultron sees humanity as wayward, self-destructive and in need of a good cleansing. Although Ultron said, “Men of peace create the war,” that’s just a justification for all that he is trying to do. He makes humans seem as unpredictable and dangerous beings while he wants to embody the characteristics of a God when it comes to get rid of all the evil upon earth. The mechanical monster frames himself as a wrathful deity; Ultron wants to remake life into something closer to his own image. This allusions contribute to the theme in such a way that Ultron is raising himself up to God’s level by quoting the holy bible that is the word of
"We 've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we 're not savages" (Golding 42), says Jack. Jack realizes that there needs to be a order and a type of government
Gifted with incredible endurance and super strength, the ability of flight, and an impeccable moral compass, Superman is the quintessential superhero that Americans of all ages have admired and looked up to since his conception in 1938. In Brad Bird’s 1999 feature animation The Iron Giant, the fifty-foot metal protagonist is no exception. Hiding out in a barn, he peers at an issue of the Superman comic book like an amused child with his eyes wide and mouth agape. His closest human companion, nine-year old Hogarth, sits before the giant and explains to him, “Sure, he’s famous now, but he started off just like you! Crash landed on Earth…he only uses his powers for good, never for evil.”
This idea of noble selfishness makes him go as far as denouncing the word we as “a monster”, and worshipping “This god, this one word: I”(97). His transition is complete with this refocusing of his mind from worship of the group, to his new god,
The Spirit of the Llano Magical realism is when magical elements or illogical scenarios appear in an otherwise realistic or normal setting. In Bless Me, Ultima there are many elements of magical realism which occur in the sacred town Tony Marez spends his childhood in. Tony is the character Rudolfo Anaya uses to share personal experience he had as a child. From start to finish, the story consistently portrays imagery and personification to give the land of New Mexico a life of its own. Tony describes his magical experience when he first meets Ultima as “her eyes swept the surrounding hills and through them he saw for the first time the wild beauty of their hills and the magic of the green river.
“This is… a holy war. All of human history has led to this moment. If we lose… we’ll be the last of our kind. It will be a planet of apes. And we will become your cattle” (War for the Planet of the Apes).
For instance “...vow to bring this ‘muck fire situation’ to the attention of the Homeowners Association.” This represents the way of thinking of Paul's mother, Ms. Fisher is going to bring to this community. One where man can repress and if need be destroy nature. This also further exemplifies the naked truth that man believes that he can take on nature and triumph. That is because it is in man's nature to believe that he is above all on this planet.
Logan is a good movie based on how we see the archetype of the cause fighter, and now we will uncover on how other films are different from each other. In the Green Arrow, we see that the archetype of the cause fighter, with The Green arrow killing the enemies, back and forth, we also see that he tortures many enemy commanding officers till death. He kills to protect the city and the citizens within it. In daredevil, the lawyer from new york was erupted with super powers after he lost his sense of sight from a radioactive substance when he was
This interpretation of God becomes the reference point for the rest of the sermon. All of the commands and accusations in the sermon rely on Edwards' portrait of God as an angry, all-powerful being that has no obligation to have mercy upon his creations. By convincing his congregation of God's wrathful character, Edwards is then able to convince the congregation that they are in danger of damnation and severe punishment at the hand of this wrathful God. Edwards characterizes God as a being that "abhors" mortal men and "looks upon [them] as worthy of nothing else but to be cast into the fire" (200). Edwards then uses scriptural references to support his claims about the nature of God.
“We want cattle who can finally become food; He wants servants who can finally become sons. We want to suck in, He wants to give out. We are empty and would be filled; He is full and flows over. "-ScrewTape. In this quote, God, who Lewis names the The Enemy is characterized as a selfless, giving father.
He does this as a representation of people. Fear of embarrassment or rejection keeps us as people from expressing our feelings and views of the world and God, the “divine idea” of which we as people of the world represent brings us to shame.
He says,”We know we can’t stop every act of violence… but maybe we can stop one act of evil, one act of violence”(Obama 2). In this line, Obama is indicating that although America, and specifically the issue of increasing amounts of violence in America will never be will never be “perfect”, perfection can still be aimed towards. This very real goal is found multiple times throughout the speech as Obama continues to restate the idea that improvement should always be an option. Another example of this is when he says,”We can’t save everybody, but we can save some”(Obama 2). Here Obama is addressing the violence and deaths connected to guns.
Jonathan Edwards, a preacher, wrote the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God". In the sermon, Edwards argues that everyone was out of God's favor and they needed to return to a righteous path. The tone of the sermon is indignant and authoritative. Jonathan Edwards uses imagery, logos, and pathos to encourage the unconverted audience to turn to God in order to escape his wrath. Elemental imagery is used in the sermon to inspire fear in the audience.
So for him to sow the seeds of destruction is in his mind an acceptable course of
The Martian Us as teenagers may at the first look at the movie The Martian and think its science related. The Martian is about these five astronauts that go to Mars, after they are there for awhile a huge storm happened. An antenna goes through one of the members Mark and he died. At least that 's what they thought. The rest of the members leave Mars.
Guardians of the Galaxy is a Marvel team super hero film. Nonetheless, it is controversial to the audience whether it fits the sub-genre of a team-up film such as The Avengers. Due to the characters, none of them have their individual movie like Iron Man. However, James Gunn uses points of view and actor’s acting to enhance the intimacy among the characters that makes this movie fits into the team super hero film genre. In addition, Gunn uses makeups to not make any of the roles too standout because they all have unique appearances that balance out on screen.