Re: Matrix: The mirror scene

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 07:20:02 +0100, Nomen Nescio wrote:

> Sebastian Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> The one where Neo touches the mirror and gets covered in reflective goo.
>> Anyone know it's significance? Theories?

        Morpheus says that the red pill disrupts the IO of the subject.  Hence
        Neo's vision, smell and senses in general would be messed up.  Hence
        the mirror that uncracks and becomes fluid to the touch.

        M2C
        W

> 
> 
>     It has become a common belief that vampires cast no reflection. 
>     Supposedly the vampire, since he is a damned creature, has no 
>     soul and thus does not appear in mirrors. Yet this aspect of 
>     vampire mythology didn't even exist until Bram Stoker wrote 
>     Dracula. Where did he get it from? 
> 
>     There are a number of Eastern European superstitions that link
>     mirrors with souls. For example, in Bulgaria, when the body of 
>     a deceased family member is displayed in a home, all the mirrors 
>     are covered or turned to the wall. It is believed that if the 
>     corpses' face is captured in the reflection of the mirror, he 
>     will bring death to another member of the family in a short 
>     while. A similar custom is observed during the Jewish period of mourning. 
> 
>     Mirrors are believed to reflect more than the physical visage: they 
>     are thought to capture something of the soul as well. Because of this, 
>     they can become thresholds onto the spirit world. The spirits of the 
>     dead can appear to the living through a mirror, and sometimes the 
>     spirit may even enter the realm of the living through the gateway 
>     created by a mirror.
> 
>     http://www.vampyres.com/content/iwav/content/vampmirrors.html 
> 
> 
> Neo passes through a gateway created by the mirror before
> going underwater to experience rebirth. The cracks in the
> mirror, which symbolize bad luck, puzzle me.