Topic > Themes In Pan's Labyrinth - 745

Anyone who eats or drinks in the underworld will be forced to stay there forever. Persephone eats the seeds knowing the rules and is subject to returning to Hades and the underworld every year. It is said that by eating the seeds Persephone experienced her first encounter with sexuality and the loss of her virginity. The myth goes on to say that every year, when Persephone returns to Hades, Demeter makes the world barren and sterile. Persephone's temptation in the underworld is similar to Ophelia's temptation in Pan's Labyrinth. In Pan's Labyrinth, Ophelia must complete three tasks within a certain time so that she can return to her mystical world, which is explained to her by a helpful faun who is the director of her journey to womanhood. She must complete tasks to prove that she is Princess Moana. In the second task, he must encounter a white monster that kills children. The faun warns her that while she is completing her second task she must not eat any food. In carrying out her task, Ophelia encounters a sumptuously set table with food and drinks. At the head of the table the white monster sits motionless