In Pan’s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro, Ofelia’s innocence is explored. Generally, when people begin to gain more experiences in life, especially of the darker things in the world, they lose their innocence. Innocence is an important part in this movie as it is in an important part in any child’s life. Every child has those moments in life where all of a sudden they are seen as mature and there innocence is seemingly gone, making Ofelia’s journey much more relatable for anyone watching. Throughout the movie, Ofelia’s innocence changes in order to show her full cycle through life.
Ofelia’s innocence begins to change when she starts her first task of going into the tree and getting the key from the frog. Before entering the tree Ofelia, still had the innocence of a young girl. She hadn’t experienced many dangers or scary situations in her …show more content…
She is wearing a green dress and no longer wearing a bow. The loss of the white dress and bow visually symbolizes how she is no longer innocent. While in the room with the Pale Man, she witnesses the death of two fairies and is chased and almost killed by the Pale Man as well. Before she entered this room, she was explicitly told not to eat any of the food on the table. Instead of being smart and listening to the rules, she picks up a grape and eats it, putting her in a dangerous situation. Her eating the food is a reminder that she is still a child, which is easy to forget when she is partaking in these dangerous situations. All of the food on the table is red, foreshadowing the danger that it possesses. Red also means anger which represents the anger the Pale Man feels once she eats the fruit. By being in this dangerous situation, she’s forced to do courageous, grown up things, leaving all of her innocence behind. She witnesses the death of the fairies that were trying to help her and then is nearly killed herself by the Pale