A Quest of Realization
In the movie The Seventh Seal, Bergman portrays his main character, Antonius Block as a wanderer. Antonius journeys his way thorough the movie in search for an answer. He goes on a quest to find if God really does exist and if He does, why hasn't He shown himself and make some clear evidence of it. Antonius soon realizes that the answer he was looking for is a big disappointment in the end. It is not until Death is literally knocking at his front door does Antonius come to the conclusion that God will not help him conquer death, and man dies when he does because he does with no questions asked. Throughout the course of the movie, new experiences and knowledge cause Antonius to come to his ultimate conclusion that there is no God or hope; only pain and heartbreak. As Antonius and his squire Jon journey the land, they come across a girl named Tyan who helps the knight fins some truth to his quest to believe that there is no God. While Antonius, Jon and the others travel the land, they find a girl who has been accused for started the plague and befriending the devil himself. The consequence for this action; death by being b
Antonius, with one last ounce of hope prays to a god, any God in hope that if there truly was one, He would come out and save his soul. Besides talking to Tyan, Antonius' many encounters with Death helps him realize that life is meaningless. Thinking that perhaps this girl could help him out, Antonius takes the advantage of asking her some questions so perhaps she could help him find the knowledge which he is in search for. As Tyan is at the stake, she, along with Antonius himself, realize that after life, there is nothing. When Antonius looks into her eyes, he does not see the devil. Death has just entered the knight's castle and everyone in the room comes to the same conclusion that they will all be dancing with Death in a matter of moments. As he is being taken away from the earth by Death, he comes to the painful actualization that believing in something that is not actually there, in living proof, is a waste of a life. He and the others end up dancing on top of a hill with Death, just how fate intended. Every time they encounter each other they play a game of chess. All he has to do is look deep into her eyes. The emptiness in Tyan's eyes said it all. The more Antonius talks to Death and challenges him to play chess, the more Antonius learns that his whole life has caused him pain inside because of a journey that he was hoping would have a happy fulfilled answer, but left him in pain instead.
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