Sabina Holtby - The Seventh Seal

“Love is the blackest of plagues and you don’t even die of it.” A line from The Seventh Seal it has really stuck with me since we watched the film. The film was very haunting; there was much symbolism and powerful dialogue. The images of Michael as an actor spoke particularly powerfully to me as a theater major. Michael had his eyes open to many realities which in the end lead to his safety and symbolically his harmony.
Love is so frightening. It is in many ways the blackest of plagues because it can consume your life, it was funny to see the different representations of love, especially the religious group who were whipping themselves in an attempt to cure the land of the plague. They claim that they were hurting themselves out of love for their neighbor but they do not have love for themselves for themselves so for them it has become a plague.
“Idols are things we can touch and feel and know” This line was super powerful because it was such a simple truth. The people in the film were all worshiping something different but all were tangible things. Many worshiped their health, obviously with the background of the story being the plague stricken country. The characters in The Seventh Seal were all very well developed and powerful characters.