Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Archetypes in the Pirates of the Caribbean Series In the Pirates of the Caribbean series, there are many archetypical characters. Some of the archetypes represented are the good mother, a negative animal, shadow figure, and the trickster. The good mother is Tia Dalma, the bad animal is the Kraken, the shadow figure is Barbossa, and the trickster is Jack Sparrow. Tia Dalma would be the good mother in Pirates of the Caribbean. Tia Dalma is the person who Will Turner, Jack and Jack’s crew go to for help on their journey in the second film. They are looking for a ship called the Flying Dutchman and Tia Dalma shows them where to find it. The good mother “often gives the hero particular objects to help on the journey” (Seger, 392). During Jack’s…

in the family adventure Pirates of the Caribbean. Depp is on record saying Captain Sparrow is his favorite part out of all screen characters he has ever played, and he returned to the screen in the sequel to “Pirated of The Caribbean, Dead Man’s Chest”, released in 2006. The sequel turned out to be more popular than the original movie and was the third film in history ever to break the $1 billion international. After the release of the third “Pirates of The Caribbean”, Depp teamed up with Tim…

Lots of people have been enjoying the movies where the Pirates of the Caribbean run wild. The most famous of the pirates is portrayed by Johnny Depp. The movie “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” first opened up in theaters in the U.S. on July 7, 2006. It starred Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley. This was the second movie in the pirate adventure series. It is part of a multi-billion dollar franchise owned by Disney and it includes books, video games and theme park rides.…

The Baal Cycle and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies share many characteristics and both include combat and succession myths. Characters in both works can be compared and clearly shown to be in relation. Battles that Baal faces in The Baal Cycle can directly be compared to battles that Jack Sparrow find himself in. Although they bear some minor differences, the similarities between The Baal Cycle and The Pirates of the Caribbean movie series are obvious and deserve thorough examination. The…

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, released in 2006, is the sequel to the original Pirates of the Caribbean movie which we watched in class. It opens in Port Royal on Elizabeth and Will Turners wedding day, but in a surprising turn of events, upon the arrival of Lord Cutler Beckett, an East India trading mogul, they are quickly arrested on charges of aiding Jack Sparrow escape. While Elizabeth and Will attempt to deal with this new problem, Jack Sparrow, now captain proper of the Black…

Pirates of the Caribbean is a fictional series based on a captain named Jack Sparrow. Sparrow isn’t your average captain, for he is a pirate and a troublesome one at that of course. The series setting goes back in history when the world was ruled by the British Empire, the East India Trading Company (EITC) and the Spanish Empire, as pirates raid the sea defining any laws that come their way. There is a total of four movies out with a new one to be released this year. Each movie portrays Jack…

hero status, fumbling along the way with their own motives, but with a determination to reach their heroic goal intact, and Katniss Everdeen of The Hunger Games and Will Turner of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl are prime examples of this trope. The modern hero though usually morally sound (as opposed to the anti-hero) also typically…

old favorites jogs memories that probably never eves made it into an elementary school English assignment. Early in life I was brought up on an abundance of Scooby Doo tapes and DVDs. While I did get my dose of fairy tales like most other children in my classes, whenever I had the choice, I leaned toward the adventures of the five mystery-solving friends. From these stories I got not only most of the building blocks for my morals, but also my insatiable curiosity and thirst for knowledge. Later…

seemed like I was encouraging piracy. Barbossa did what he felt he needed to do, at all times, to accomplish his goal. I don't believe he was really a bad guy, even with the mutiny (Really, have you seen Jack? I don't blame Barbossa for the mutiny at all.), he wasn't ever really bad. He has the Code, but to call the Code "rules" is wrong. Barbossa refers to the Code as "guidelines" which is far more appropriate. There's a level of flexibility inherent with guidelines that rules don't allow.…

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