A Quest of Realization: The Seventh Seal

             In the movie The Seventh Seal, Bergman portrays his main character, Antonius Block as a wanderer. Antonius journeys his way through the movie in search of 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 find 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 of started the plague and befriending the devil himself. The consequence for this action; death by being burned at the stake. 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 of. When he asks her if the accusations are true, she replies that yes, she truly has seen the devil and she has also slept with the devil and has the devil within her. Tyan then tells Antonius that he too is capable of seeing the devil. All he has to do is look deep into her eyes. When Antonius looks into her eyes, he does not see the devil. The only thing that he saw inside her was terror and fear. As Tyan is at the stake, she, along with Antonius himself, realize that after life, there is nothing. The emptiness in Tyan's eyes said it all. Antonius realized this and felt more lost than he did before he met Tyan a...

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