Tag: order

By: Bryan Ricardo Marini Quintana

The Conflicting Magical And Material Worlds

After being devoured by the Kraken, Jack Sparrow is imprisoned in a wasteland alongside the Black Pearl, with William and Elizabeth enlisting the help of Captain Barbossa to rescue him. Bringing back the notorious pirate and his ship turns the tide for the magical world in a struggle to oppose the East India Trading Company’s material world. After reaching an island, Jack Sparrow and Captain Barbossa find the Kraken’s carcass, gazing at this mythological being who was once king of the seas. They reminisce about the old fantastical world, understanding that the Age of Piracy has ended with the new civilized world peddling the Age of Industrialization. In Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007), Captain Barbossa says: “The world used to be a bigger place.” Jack Sparrow replies in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007): “The world is still the same, there’s just less in it.” These characters embrace their doom through this exchange by accepting that Lord Cutler Beckett has completed the world map and imposed totalitarian rule over the seven seas. Consequently, the Black Pearl is confined to a world devoid of anything new to discover, and the crew loses the freedom to be masters of their destiny. Therefore, Jack Sparrow and Captain Barbossa forsake their prideful rivalry to achieve a victory that will guarantee their survival in the new material world as the old magical world fades away.

In the final confrontation, the Black Pearl releases the goddess Calypso, who reclaims her supremacy as queen of the seas in the form of a tempest that the East India Trading Company cannot quell. To counter this unpredictable force of nature, Lord Cutler Beckett unleashes Davy Jones, with the world’s fate mediating between order and chaos being decided by pirates. However, the tide is turned when William Turner stabs the heart of Davy Jones, sacrificing himself by taking over as captain of the Flying Dutchman. Blinded by his arrogance, Lord Cutler Beckett sails with the Endeavor to finish the Black Pearl. Nevertheless, the feared commander is caught in a trap between Jack Sparrow’s Black Pearl that draws him in and William Turner’s Flying Dutchman that emerges to surround his ship. At this moment, Lord Cutler Beckett’s vision of ruling the material world fails to materialize, facing two free pirates who are masters of their destiny. For the first time, the feared commander is outside his cabin, incapable of scheming a plan that can save him. A sense of powerlessness freezes him, as Lord Cutler Beckett cannot comprehend how his flawless design for the world collapsed, failing to give orders whilst his ship is shelled by cannon fire. Desperately, the crew abandons their stations to flee from the Endeavor, but the feared commander drowns with his flawed plans of tyrannical rule over the seven seas.

Although this is a victory for the magical world, the Black Pearl is still confined to the material world, with the East India Trading Company dominating the seven seas. Consequently, Great Britain is defeated by losing Lord Cutler Beckett aboard the Endeavor. However, the feared commander proves to be a chess piece of the East India Trading Company that’s quickly replaceable by another tyrant to hold governance over the seven seas, protecting their imperial interests. Jack Sparrow’s triumph is surviving the death of his old fantastical realm and adapting to the new civilized realm. Sadly, the infamous pirate loses his beloved Black Pearl, but this doesn’t stop him from seeking an adventure in the unknown. Finally, Jack Sparrow boards a humble boat and uses his cherished compass to guide him across the seven seas, tasting freedom as the master of his destiny.

Works Cited:

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.

Directed by Gore Verbinski, Walt Disney Pictures, 2007.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.

Directed by Gore Verbinski, Walt Disney Pictures, 2006.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Directed by Gore Verbinski, Walt Disney Pictures, 2003.

By: Bryan Ricardo Marini Quintana

The Interweaving Fantastical And Civilized Realms

Amid the rivaling worlds of order and chaos are William Turner and Elizabeth Swann, who act as intermediaries between the fantastical and civilized realms through their blossoming love. When these characters first encounter each other, William Turner is perilously drifting in a wreckage, gasping for life as a despicable young pirate. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Swann is safe aboard a ship living her life as an esteemed young lady. This meeting flickers curiosity amongst them about what the other lacks, either to be civilized by an aristocratic woman or find excitement with a dangerous man. Further on, they’ve both grown infatuated with each other, leading a life of comfort confined to an island under the protection of Great Britain’s Royal Navy. During this time, William struggles to leave behind his life as a pirate to integrate into society, whilst Elizabeth desires to escape her life as a lady held hostage in an arranged marriage. However, William is entranced by Elizabeth’s life as a lady and the prospect this brings for him to settle in by courting her. Counterintuitively, Elizabeth is smitten by William’s life as a pirate and the opportunity this brings for her to be swept off in an adventure. Nevertheless, both are thrust into a perilous voyage when William’s pirate life surfaces to haunt him, with Elizabeth being entangled by boarding the fantastical realm to escape the civilized realm.

Along their adventures, Elizabeth and William are captured by either Captain Barbossa or Davy Jones, facing ruthless pirates who plunder the seas to instill terror. To rescue each other, the couple enlists help from Captain Jack Sparrow, an outlandish mariner who serves as a mentor in their journey across the world of chaos. Elizabeth and William free each other from the clutches of piracy and experience a thrilling sense of freedom with guidance from the notorious pirate. A mere taste of sailing across the seven seas enamors the couple with being masters of their destiny aboard the Black Pearl, away from the world of order. Though attracted to this life, both return to the civilized realm by arranging a marriage after guaranteeing Captain Jack Sparrow’s freedom in the fantastical realm.

Despite this, William’s and Elizabeth’s lives are threatened when Lord Cutler Beckett hunts them down for their past dealings with the infamous pirate. To safeguard their future, the couple navigates the seven seas in search of Captain Jack Sparrow to aid them reclaim their freedoms. Once reunited, William and Elizabeth join the struggle to prevent the extinction of the old fantastical realm due to the East India Trading Company’s tyrannical imposition of the new civilized realm. Ultimately, this leads the couple to become pirates aboard the Black Pearl who fight for their freedoms alongside Captain Jack Sparrow’s magical world, opposing Lord Cutler Beckett’s material world that oppresses the seven seas with the East India Trading Company.

By: Bryan Ricardo Marini Quintana

The Conflicting Magical And Material Worlds

In Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Jack Sparrow is introduced as a captain without a ship who sails aimlessly in a sinking boat. Using his cherished compass, the infamous pirate is guided towards what he desires most, to navigate freely beyond the horizon without a destination. Throughout his story, Jack Sparrow embarks on perilous voyages in a constant chase to recover his beloved ship. For the notorious pirate, commanding the Black Pearl means being the master of his destiny. Aboard his ship, Jack Sparrow can search for adventures in the unknown world beyond the horizon, crossing the seven seas to explore the blank edges of the map. Whilst drunk on an island in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Jack Sparrow expresses the significance of his ship: “Wherever we want to go, we go. That’s what a ship is, you know. It’s not just a keel and hull and a deck and sails. That’s what a ship needs. But what a ship is… what the Black Pearl really is… is freedom.” With these words, the character exposes his irony as a pirate who doesn’t seek fortune by plundering ships but reveals a mariner whose most treasured possession is his freedom to sail whenever and wherever he pleases.

Using his compass, Jack Sparrow traverses through the magical world of chaos inhabited by pirates such as Hector Barbossa aboard the Black Pearl and Davy Jones aboard the Flying Dutchman, who terrorize any hapless ship they encounter. Nevertheless, these pirates navigate at the mercy of the goddess Calypso and the monstrous Kraken, who reign over the fantastical realm of the seven seas. Despite Jack Sparrow’s terror of confronting rival pirates and mythical beings, his greatest fear doesn’t emerge from the magical world of chaos but from the material world of order. Through the East India Trading Company, Jack Sparrow’s freedom to be the master of his destiny is threatened, with Lord Cutler Beckett filling the blank edges of the map and ending the Age of Exploration by claiming dominance over the seven seas for the civilized realm of Great Britain’s imperial interests.

Opposing Jack Sparrow’s fantastical realm of chaos with the Black Pearl is Lord Cutler Beckett’s civilized realm of order with the East India Trading Company. Sailing aboard the Endeavour, this feared commander secludes himself in his cabin with a prized map of the world, designing a strategy to submit the magical world to his vision of a material world. Consequently, Jack Sparrow’s freedom in the new civilized realm becomes a threat to Lord Cutler Beckett because of his inability to exert dominance over him in the old fantastical realm. In Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006), Lord Cutler Beckett reveals his perception of the infamous pirate: “Jack Sparrow is a dying breed. The world is shrinking, the blank edges of the map filled in. Jack must find his place in the new world or perish.” With these words, the character divulges his prideful ambitions to eradicate the Age of Piracy and surface the Age of Industrialization, allowing him to govern the seven seas. However, Lord Cutler Beckett believes himself to be a just leader who shields and spreads the material world of order by structuring the unknown. Instead, this feared commander is a tyrannical ruler who crushes and restrains the magical world of chaos by oppressing the freedom of pirates to be masters of their destiny. Therefore, the East India Trading Company enslaves Davy Jones and executes the Kraken to mop up any threat from the fantastical realm that can contest their power over the seven seas in their self-imposed civilized realm.