The movie I’ve recently watched is Mother!, an allegory where none of the characters have names because the whole point of this film is to teach the audience something more than real life through symbolism. The main characters and their archetype are listed below.
| Characters | Archetype |
| Mother (Jennifer Lawrence) | Earth Mother, Mother Nature |
| Him or The Poet (Javier Bardem) | Creator, God |
| The Followers | Devotees, Worshipers |
Moreover, I tried to break down the 8-point story arc for this movie.
Stasis: The story begins with Mother and Him, a couple; living in a peaceful house where Mother tries to maintain and take care of herself. Their life seems calm and quiet.
Trigger: A mysterious and strange couple arrives at the house as fans of Him, introducing curiosity and tension to the story.
Quest: The poet invites the strange couple to stay in his house. As the story continues more people come to the house and make it harder for Mother to have peace and also take care of her home.
Surprise: The narrative becomes more chaotic when one of the sons of the guest couple gets killed by his brother and due to this more people visit Mother and the poet’s house. the environment of the house becomes nightmarish and Mother throws everybody out. Later Mother and the poet decide to have a baby and the fact of Mother’s pregnancy and the stories of their last night’s guest inspire the poet and make him write his masterpiece.
Critical Choice: I believe that the critical choice of this narrative is when Mother decides not to let the poet hold their child as she’s worried that the poet’s fans that have occupied the house would do something to the baby. Ultimately, she falls asleep and the poet takes the child to show to his followers.
Climax: The movie reaches a peak of intensity and chaos when Mother sees her child moving around the room through the followers of the poet and it gets killed in the crowd the followers butcher the child and eat it as they think it’s a cycle of keeping humanity.
Reversal: Mother sees that everything she’s tried to take care of is gone; her child is dead, the house is wrecked and the poet just loves the fact that Mother loves him and he never truly tries to take care of her. Additionally, she tries to burn the house and everything in it including herself.
Resolution: The poet is the god, he stays alive and takes the crystal heart out of the dead mother’s chest and makes his cycle of extinction over again.
