Representation
Ofelia is young and going through puberty, she is 11 years old but her growth has seemed to accelerate, due to the war making her older. The film contains some uterine imagery, with Del Toro saying that someone wanted to call the film 'a womb with a view'.
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| Symbolism of the ovaries, the red behind it symbolising menstruation. |
The film can be analysed as a metaphor for menstruation and the development into womanhood. Ofelia has a moon birthmark on her shoulder, symbolising the cycles of menstruation.
The third test she must pass involves the spilling of a innocent blood into a well. When she is shot, she bleeds into the well, this could be alluded to virginal blood. The death of Ofelia's childhood innocence is also the death of her.
The fantasy land portrayed in the film is also of a fallopian nature. The tree she encounters is shaped like ovaries.
This dumbed down version of womanhood signifies the patriarchal society in the film. The notion of women being powerful is just a fantasy. The power of nature is represented by women. nature in the film has been destroyed by men.
Pan eats a grape- reference to eve eating a apple in the garden of Eden.
Destructive/killing power- masculine
Spain had female farmers- feminine land
The men in the film are portrayed as devils. In this picture, vidal seems to have fiery wings of satan
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