The above image of the moon shaped birth mark could symbolise the meaning of the film; that this is about Ofelia getting her period. The fact that Ofelia is young, could portray that she is being made to grow up psychically and mentally due to the war. There is also much symbolism and representation of the shape of the womb.
The forbidden fruit (grape) relates to a religious aspect of Eve and the forbidden fruit, because she disobeyed this, Eve got her period, this therefore is represented in Pan's.
= Becoming a woman
Meaning: A woman having power in a patriarchal world will not work
http://www.whats-your-sign.com/spiritual-meaning-of-numbers.html
Symbolism of 3:
Spiritual:
1. sun
2. moon - Ofelia fails her second task
3. mars - mars is the God of war, which the film is about
Religious:
Father
Son
Holy Ghost
Yonic imagery/nature = destroyed - male power/fascism is destructive and killing
Killing nature. Where life can grow and thrive, it is destroyed
The structure of the film is also circular as that of a menstrual cycle
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