Pans Labyrinth

Starts and ends with offload death 

No lies or pain in the labyrinth 

She forgot who she was and where she came from - contexts 

As soon as ofelia reaches the camp she Begins hallucinations. 

The bug- the underworld is spying on the realist. 

The chair Carmen is put in due to her pregnancy disables her independence; as a woman she has no say. 

Ofelia instantly runs after the bug, into her hallucinations 

Mercedes warns ofelia not to go into the labyrinth she could get lost - foreshadowing what is to happen; lost in her own state of mind leading to her death 

Ofelia steals a bottle of medicine from Dr. 

The engravement on the head board symbolises a womb or the faun 

The rose in the story ofelia tells could represent or be a metaphor for the labyrinth. The underworld being beautiful like that of the rose and the thorns that protect it being the tasks she must complete. 

Kills farmer/rebels the first is young and innocent not far from ofelias age. 

Sees the bug as a fairy. Are the hallucinations real and she interprets them differently?

The moon that borned ofelia- the birth mark 

Clogs in vidals room resemble the clock

Womb figure that emerges in the book ; womb of the pale man key. 

Mercedes always warning ofelia: my mother warned me to be careful of fauns. 

Olives, bacon etc - Vidal. 

Alice in wonderland dress portraying her innocence. 

Tree resembles the womb 

Whenever Vidal is in the shot, the lighting is brighter whereas it is dark when ofelia is in the shot.  

Bottle of medicine left behind by rebels. 

Fat toad is a metaphor of gluteny. The toad could be a metaphor of fascism, once ofelia feeds it, the toad regurgitates itself and dies. The key lies in the mess it leaves behind. This could symbolise the key to equality is with the death of fascism. 

Vidals dinner / feast symbolises the pale man 

These people are mistake and hold the belief that we are all equal. There's a big difference: the war is over and we won and if we need to kill everyone of these vermin to settle it, then we will kill them all - Vidal 

Vidals father smashes his watch do Vidal would know exact time of his death. How a brave man dies. 

The hallucinations only exist in the absence of other characters. When the mother is a sleep etc 

Faun gets younger

There's not a single home without fire or bread- portraying fascism with a brave face

The bloodstain womb shape in the book foreshadows ofelias mothers death. 

Mercedes becomes her mother figure. 

Mandrake root: the plant that dreamt of being human. 

Red food on pale mans table

Images of the pale man killing children. 

Pale man representing fascist greed

Opens lock and gets dagger, faun / womb shaped handle

Takes grape; distorted biblical reference 

Focus on the bottle of medicine

Vidal can see mandrake plant. Are these really hallucinations? 

As the mandrake plant dies her mother collapses in pain. Is the mandrake a metaphor for the brother? 

Ofelia takes bottle of medicine when packing up her things 

Vidal is stabbed in the back by Mercedes both metaphorically and literally 

Uses medicine to kill Vidal

Vidal runs after ofelia as she has stolen her brother. 

It is finally confirmed that ofelia is having hallucinations as we see through Vidals POV her speaking to nothing whereas in her eyes she is pleading for her brothers life to their faun. 

Vidal takes baby away and shoots ofelia. Both have killed each other. 

Vidal returns from the labyrinth and gives Mercedes his son. Looks at his watch. He tries to pass down te watch and its story to his son by telling Mercedes tell my son. She says no and finally gets a voice in the film. Vidal is shot. Vidal, throughout the film tried to die nobally like his father but this was denied of him. 

Ofelia lay o the edge of the underworld, the centre of the labyrinth. 

Mercedes hums the lullaby as ofelia dies incorporating the fairytale aspect into the last section of the realism narrative that we see. 

At this point light is shed on ofelia for the first time in the film. Surrounding her is a golden palace and she is dressed in red. It is only within this narrative that we gain a positive resolution and equilibrium state. At this point she is finally met with her father once again. Both her parents sit on throwns, the third absent for ofelia. This is similiar to the image in the book of the three keys. However the peaceful image of ofelia in her underworld fades to the image of he death. Portraying to the audience the realism of war, that in reality their is no peaceful resolution 

Symbolism of all things in 3:

Family

Doors to unlock in pale man

3 tasks to complete

3 stones for the toad

Symbolism of the womb/ rebirthing:

Tree

Blood stain on the book

Handle of the dagger

Fauns horns

Inprint on the backboard of the be where her mother lay

Trying to birth the mandrake plant