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Monday, March 1, 2010
Dreams
Dreams: we all have them. Some of them are wonderful-fantasies of power, happiness, and joy. Others are terrible- nightmares of death, fear, and agony.
Sometimes one wakes up in a daze, unsure of whether or not what just happened was a dream... unsure of whether or not what happened was reality, or if waking is reality. This is an experience that Neo has several times during the course of the movie. After being tormented and bugged by the agent, he wakes suddenly, short of breath, reassured that he mouth isn't sewn and he isn't in pain. Later he learns that his dream was in fact real, and a strange machine is used to forcibly remove the bug from his body.
But then Neo finds out the truth. His dream was not real because his experience of having the bug removed was not real either. Nothing to that point had been real for him (at least, we are led to believe this much. How can we ever be sure?) He had been living in a dreamworld all along, and he is forced to reconcile the difficult truth(?) that nothing is as it seems.
Sometimes one wakes up in a daze, unsure of whether or not what just happened was a dream... unsure of whether or not what happened was reality, or if waking is reality. This is an experience that Neo has several times during the course of the movie. After being tormented and bugged by the agent, he wakes suddenly, short of breath, reassured that he mouth isn't sewn and he isn't in pain. Later he learns that his dream was in fact real, and a strange machine is used to forcibly remove the bug from his body.
But then Neo finds out the truth. His dream was not real because his experience of having the bug removed was not real either. Nothing to that point had been real for him (at least, we are led to believe this much. How can we ever be sure?) He had been living in a dreamworld all along, and he is forced to reconcile the difficult truth(?) that nothing is as it seems.
Cypher
***SPOILER WARNING!*** Joe Pantoliano plays a creepy character! ***END SPOILERS!***
In Christian lore, Lucifer was once an archangel, one of the Lord's most trusted companions and servants. As some stories go, though, he eventually grew tired of the way Heaven was run and rebelled. His rebellion was unsuccessful and he was cast into Hell as a fallen angel.
Cypher, whose name is a reference to Lucifer, followed a similar path. He grew tired of Morpheus's rhetoric and promises and betrayed his crew, hoping for an ignorant life filled with carnal pleasures and bliss. His rebellion was unsuccessful and he was killed, making him the fallen member of Morpheus's crew.
In Christian lore, Lucifer was once an archangel, one of the Lord's most trusted companions and servants. As some stories go, though, he eventually grew tired of the way Heaven was run and rebelled. His rebellion was unsuccessful and he was cast into Hell as a fallen angel.
Cypher, whose name is a reference to Lucifer, followed a similar path. He grew tired of Morpheus's rhetoric and promises and betrayed his crew, hoping for an ignorant life filled with carnal pleasures and bliss. His rebellion was unsuccessful and he was killed, making him the fallen member of Morpheus's crew.
More on Morpheus
Morpheus's significance extends far beyond his awesome shades. If Neo is to be considered a Christlike, messianic figure, then Morpheus must be looked at as the "Father." After searching for most of his life, Morpheus is largely responsible for liberating Neo from the Matrix and "awakening" the savior. Furthermore, Tank acknowledges the wisdom, compassion, and influence that Morpheus has on his whole crew when he states that Morpheus is "more than a leader," and is "like a father" to them.
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