POCAHONTAS

1995 Disney movie

daughter of a chief = princess

THE NOBLE SAVAGE

inspired from real facts

she stopped the conflict between her tribe & the British

Pocahontas & John Smith = in a secret love relationship = symbol : impossible love + peace between the 2 communities

the colonizers

look for gold for the king of England = money in a civilized world / be wealthy (=rich) / is money essential to our well-being or is it a plague (=fléau)?

embodies the concept of the indigeneous wild man

not corrupted by civilization

the idea that humans are essentially good

"Savages we call them, because their manners differ from ours" (18th century) Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Father of the US nation.

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symbol: the clouds = bad omen which foreshadow (=announce) the threat, the imminent death of Smith => the weather : illustration of the actions

symbol: the forest = native environment of NA : their home where their laws prevail

Smith is lying on the ground

Smith is kneeling down

Pocahontas = a woman

Smith's "execution attempt"

Pocahontas = a child

P's father lifting his club

P's father (headdress) watching the scene