 | (types of)
Abraham
 | binding of
Isaac/sacrifice of children - see especially death scenes near end of movie |
| Sheriff Rogers' speech:
"Faith. God tells a man to sacrifice his own son. The man has faith, and he will do
it. He doesn't ask why. Maybe Abraham, as he binds his son, knows why they are there. I
don't anymore." Ainsley at the end of the movie: "Children. That's all we are,
Lord, if you're out there at all. Your children, boys and girls.
Forgive us." (We're all Isaac - we're all Abraham) |
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| Faith
| Sheriff Rogers' speech:
"Faith. God tells a man to sacrifice his own son. The man has faith, and he will do
it. He doesn't ask why. Maybe Abraham, as he binds his son, knows why they are there. I
don't anymore." |
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| Forgiveness
| "Children. That's all we are,
Lord, if you're out there at all. Your children, boys and girls.
Forgive us." |
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| Hopelessness
| senseless deaths
toward end of movie |
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| Sacrifice
| of ones' children |
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| Seeing/Blindness
| Ainsley's speech
toward end of movie, she removes her glass eye. |
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| Suffering of the Innocent
|
juxtaposed death scenes near end of movie. |
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| Being/Feeling Watched
| God (who is
not necessarily benevolent) is watching - Ainsley's prayer toward end of movie. |
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