Post 5: Comparative Analysis

Hill, Amelia.  “What Star Wars is About: The Cyclical Struggle of Good and Evil.”  About.  Web.  January 4, 2013.  <http://scifi.about.com/od/starwars/a/What-Star-Wars-Is-About-The-Cyclical-Struggle-Of-Good-And-Evil.htm>  

            Like plenty of works in the past, the battle between good and evil is prevalent in works such as Star Wars and The Fifth Element.  Besides that, both movies are set in a time when space travel and space conflicts are the norm, though one is set in the future while one is set in the past.  Both the main characters in the movie go through the hero’s journey with the call to action and all.  In these two movies, evil is defeated in the end after close calls and even giant spheres, such as Mr. Shadow in The Fifth Element and the Death Star in Star Wars, are symbols of evil.  The characters that represent good are even seen as white figures because in the Anakin is usually seen wearing almost white colored shirts and robs in Star Wars while Leeloo in the Fifth Element is seen for the first time wearing all white.  Darth Vader and Mr. Shadow are both evil villains in the movies and coincidentally they both are in black.