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1 "(The) Son Of (The) Man, And Jesus." A Comparative Handbook to the Gospel of Mark: 533-60.
doi:10.1163/ej.9789004179738.i-596.31.
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again. This is symbolic because by rebelling against “death” (the soldiers could have
shot her for protesting) she is choosing “life.” This analogy represents Mary
choosing life over death when she is constantly facing death. Mary is not disturbed
by the horrors she has experienced because her faith in the Lord is stronger than the
fears of the war.
Domford-May does an excellent job of representing Mary is a way that she
has never been portrayed. Before viewing this film, a stereotypical view of Mary was
the “perfect mother” that loved her son while soft spoken and kind to everyone. This
film portrays her to look like just another woman. She exhibits fear upon entering
the schoolhouse, which gives her a very humanistic appearance. She does not
contain the “perfect face” or the “perfect body,” she appears to be a regular African
citizen. Also in a lot of biblical stories, Mary isn’t involved with a lot of situations
with her son as he grows up. Domford-May places Mary in a lot of powerful scenes
to show her significant; she also doesn’t stay quiet in a lot of them. This gives Mary a
new light of standing up for what she believes in. The stereotypical Mary was based
off a Jewish woman; in this culture women don’t have much significance in society.
They were looked down upon in the aspect that they were only good for birthing
children, cooking, and tending to their husbands’ needs. Domford-May takes an
interesting perspective of incorporating a different culture into Mary’s character.
Another character that also received a new cultural image was Jesus. For the
most part he acted like the stereotypical Jesus that spread God’s word and love. His
appearance was slightly more put together than the rest of the characters. Jesus
wore a button up shirt that was tucked into his jeans. Some of the other characters
would wear button up shirts however Jesus was the only one that tucked his in.
Another stereotype of Jesus is that he has long curly brown hair and a beard. This
Jesus was bald, which made him stand out even more. Jesus is supposed to stand out
from the crowd especially since he is an example of incarnation.
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2 Moore, Roger. "Movie review: Son of Man -- 4 out of 5 stars." OrlandoSentinel.com. August 05,
2009. Accessed April 28th, 2017.
3 Overberg S.J., Kenneth R. The Incarnation: God’s Gift of Love Accessed April 28th, 2017
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Bibliography
Moore, Roger. "Movie review: Son of Man -- 4 out of 5 stars." OrlandoSentinel.com. August 05,
2009. Accessed April 28th, 2017. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/orl-movie-
review-son-of-man-story.html.
Overberg S.J., Kenneth R. The Incarnation: God’s Gift of Love Accessed April 28th, 2017
"(The) Son Of (The) Man, And Jesus." A Comparative Handbook to the Gospel of Mark: 533-60.
doi:10.1163/ej.9789004179738.i-596.31.