essay 1

Melvin Clarida


In this particular movie we have several characters named and used after Greek gods, we often don’t pay to much attention to these comparisons at all because it has become a main attraction to do such things. Today I will be discussing about the movie “The matrix”, and how the names of the characters are tied into Greek mythology.

In Christian theology, Jesus Christ is the Messiah (Son of God, Son of Man, "Light of The World") who saves mankind from its sins. In the Bible, Jesus dies on the cross, but later is resurrected and ascends up to heaven. Christ translates from Hebrew into "Anointed One." (as stated on the website). For example, in the movie neo(the messiah) gets killed and then comes back too life. Why is this a important part of the movie? Too me its important too show that because he is referred too being “the one”. After he solves the very problem that his people have awaited so long for he flies off into the sky as not a human being but a messiah like, above all too the heavens. All throughout the movie, you see little signs relating back too Greek mythology, “n the Subway scene, we see a faded billboard advertisement for Sol beer.”( as stated in the website) Sol refers too the roman god of the sun. once again we can also refer that too being a messiah, because in the bible Jesus says “I am the light of the world”. No where can we tie this in at, well there is also a scene in the movie where neo jumps into the agents body and right before the agent explodes you see a large bright light and out comes neo… another example is in the beginning of the movie Morpheus is sitting down explaining too neo”,"When the matrix was first built, there was a man who was born inside who had the ability to change whatever he wanted, to remake the matrix as he saw fit.... After he died, the oracle prophesized his return and that his coming would hail the destruction of the matrix and the war, bring freedom to our people....I did what I did because I believe that search is over [because he thinks Neo is that man--the One he has been searching for.]"this is yet another comparisons