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Easter in the story and/or movie, and that religious word!! ??

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Artiste:
For now, I will just say this:
Easter in  the story and/or movie, and that religious word (about the meaning of Easter) !! ??

And ask you about it!! ??

You need a clue?? Or you giving me a clue??

Hugs!!

David In Indy:
I always understood it was originally a pagan festival. The celebration of Spring and all things coming back to life again. This is why Easter always occurs on the first Sunday after the first full moon of Spring.

Easter Eggs = beginning of life, birth.

Easter basket = mother's womb

Rabbit = creation and/or innocence, new life

It made perfect sense to celebrate Christ's ressurection on such a day,  so the Church declared Easter as a Christian religious holiday.

Artiste:
Thanks David!

Your comments are one view... by many persons.

Let's not forget that Easter always accents death!! Too!!

And finishes with birth of another form: after-life!! And present life... somehow as we think  to make it better.

Coming back to my question which is also about the Brokeback Mountain story and/or movie:
Easter in  the story and/or movie, and that religious word!! ?? Can you say about it?? More??

Hugs!!

Artiste:
Easter was NOT in the movie nor in Annie's story??

Hugs!!

Lynne:
Some interpretations of Brokeback Mountain suggest that the whole film is essentially an Easter story...I won't go through the whole analysis here, but the gist of it is that Jack is a Christ figure and that it is through the sacrifice of Jack's death that Ennis finds forgiveness and life.

The most direct reference to Easter that I can think of is the 'My Mama believes in the Pentecost' scene where Jack confuses the Pentecost with the Rapture.  The Pentecost refers to the Holy Spirit being sent to the world after the resurrection of Christ on Easter.

-Lynne

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