Elizabeth Theory
I'll put this behind a cut for the few that haven't seen Dead Man's Chest(though I have no idea what you are waiting for!!)
Ok I'm sure this has been said before, or maybe not, but my school(Florida State) has it's own movie theater and we were showing DMC this week. We had Pirate night with a band and games, it was soooo much fun and I finally learned how to play Liar's Dice.
Anyway the point I was trying to make, is I got to see Pirates two more times(bringing the count up to 7) and I was thinking about something watching the whole "betrayal" scene between J/E.
I think Elizabeth did what she did for lots of reasons, fear(I mean the Kraken almost ate her and everyone she knew...that's pretty terrifying), anger(at Jack lying to her), self-preservation, and her protective nature over Will. But I also think that she did it as a way to get rid of her sin.
Here she is a respecatble young woman engaged to a respectable guy, sure he isn't rich, but he is loyal, works hard, and would be devoted to her. She has been raised as a proper English lady so even if she is rebelling against her father's wishes(since he wanted her to marry Norrington) she still is taking the pretty safe path. At the end of CotBP she calls Will a pirate but he was only a pirate as long as she needed him to be, he isn't like Jack, who is a pirate through and through. So when she realizes she has these feelings of lust(love?) for Jack it shames and confuses her. She senses a part of herself that is a lot like Jack and that bothers her because it goes against everything she was taught and believes in. It also implies she would leave the good man that sacrificed himself to save her.
So...when she locks Jack to the mast and kisses him(a la Judas) it is a way for her to have her cake and eat it too. She can live out her desire by tasting him, but then she gets to drown it away so no one else knows about it. She can absolve herself of her sins by leaving him to die.
The problem is...the guilt of having condemned a man to death that not only returned to save them but she is also having more than just lustful feelings for is like a punch to the gut. She realizes(like Judas) that she has put a black mark on her soul for what she has done, and now(unlike Judas) she gets a chance at redemption.
I'm doing a little Judas comparison simply because of the whole betrayal thing, and it is a little similar because of the kiss. I guess the 30 pieces of silver would be her life and the life of the crew. A better reason, but not a better action.
What do you all think?
Ok I'm sure this has been said before, or maybe not, but my school(Florida State) has it's own movie theater and we were showing DMC this week. We had Pirate night with a band and games, it was soooo much fun and I finally learned how to play Liar's Dice.
Anyway the point I was trying to make, is I got to see Pirates two more times(bringing the count up to 7) and I was thinking about something watching the whole "betrayal" scene between J/E.
I think Elizabeth did what she did for lots of reasons, fear(I mean the Kraken almost ate her and everyone she knew...that's pretty terrifying), anger(at Jack lying to her), self-preservation, and her protective nature over Will. But I also think that she did it as a way to get rid of her sin.
Here she is a respecatble young woman engaged to a respectable guy, sure he isn't rich, but he is loyal, works hard, and would be devoted to her. She has been raised as a proper English lady so even if she is rebelling against her father's wishes(since he wanted her to marry Norrington) she still is taking the pretty safe path. At the end of CotBP she calls Will a pirate but he was only a pirate as long as she needed him to be, he isn't like Jack, who is a pirate through and through. So when she realizes she has these feelings of lust(love?) for Jack it shames and confuses her. She senses a part of herself that is a lot like Jack and that bothers her because it goes against everything she was taught and believes in. It also implies she would leave the good man that sacrificed himself to save her.
So...when she locks Jack to the mast and kisses him(a la Judas) it is a way for her to have her cake and eat it too. She can live out her desire by tasting him, but then she gets to drown it away so no one else knows about it. She can absolve herself of her sins by leaving him to die.
The problem is...the guilt of having condemned a man to death that not only returned to save them but she is also having more than just lustful feelings for is like a punch to the gut. She realizes(like Judas) that she has put a black mark on her soul for what she has done, and now(unlike Judas) she gets a chance at redemption.
I'm doing a little Judas comparison simply because of the whole betrayal thing, and it is a little similar because of the kiss. I guess the 30 pieces of silver would be her life and the life of the crew. A better reason, but not a better action.
What do you all think?