Subject:"Take a philosophical argument based on the matrix and assess its validity evaluative.
The matrix is an extraordinary film that has never been easily created. If we begin to analyse the film as whole, we can easily notice a lot of Christian and Gnostic elements. I am going to discuss about them.
GNOSTIC ELEMENTS.
When we begin to think about the Gnostic philosophy, we can see the existence of its principles and structures in The Matrix. According to the Gnostic philosophy, there are always a war and a struggle between The World of Goodness and The World of Badness (opposing world) as the movie indicates us. .
There are three components of a human; soul, essence and body. The body and essence belong to the opposing world - in the film it is matrix -, the soul belongs to the World of Goodness -in the film it is Zion-. .
He might have chosen the blue pill in order not to struggle the difficulties that could be faced. Neo chooses the red one, rejects the happiness of ignorance and begins to struggle with the machines. This demonstrates that he refuses the needs of his body and essence. If we remember the "The Woman in Red", that was a software created by Mouse as a way of testing Neo's essence. He looks that sexy woman and fails the test. That is because his essence dominates his soul so essence is the winner. On the other hand, according to the information of Morpheus, all the souls that are not rescued are pieces of opposing world - machine world-. They are controlled by the machines, that is why he fails the test. .
Furthermore, dualism (opposite principles) in Gnosticism can also be noticed by the audience. They are fighting with machines but they need machines in order to have fresh air, clean water and energy. To sum up, as we understand that Gnostic elements take place in The Matrix. .
CHRISTIAN ELEMENTS.
The Matrix is at the same time a very interesting interpretation of the story of Jesus.