Ashley
Juman
Trinity
as A Hero?
Trinity is a very powerful character
in the movie The Matrix. She is shown as a hero in this film by helping
Neo to find his path and she can show him that he has the power to be the “one”. Without Trinity there is no Neo, and
the characters Trinity, Neo and Morpheus are all connected.
Trinity helps Neo
a lot throughout the film The Matrix, that
shows that she is more masculine and represents a hero. In an article it is
said that Trinity takes her name from a God. The article also says Trinity’s
name “suggests an inversion of basic cultural assumptions.” In the beginning
where Neo first meets Trinity face-to-face Neo was surprised, “Trinity : My name is Trinity. Neo : Trinity..._The_
Trinity? The one that cracked the IRS d-base? Trinity : That was a long time ago. Neo : Jesus!” (The Matrix Script) Neo was surprised because he thought
that Trinity was a man, he tells her that and she replied back by saying, “Most
guys do.” (The Matrix Script) That shows that Trinity has a more masculine role
throughout the movie. Trinity is shown off as a hero because of the way Trinity
takes care of and looks after Neo within the film.
Neo is more like a feminine character compared to
Trinity. Trinity protects Neo and helps him throughout the movie. In one part
of the movie where they are going to save Morpheus from the agents Neo told
Trinity to stay behind but Trinity wasn’t having it and told him off. She told
Neo, “I'm going with you. Neo: No,
you're not! Trinity turns to
face him. Trinity: _NO_? Let me
tell you what I believe. I believe Morpheus means more to me than he does to you. I believe that if you are really serious about saving him, you are
going to need my help. And
since I am the ranking officer on this ship, _if_ you don't like it, I believe you can go to
hell. Because you're not going
anywhere else. Tank? Load us up.”(The Matrix Script) Trinity shows the viewers
how masculine she is and how she makes Neo more of a feminine character. She
told him off and that he basically has no say towards her. Also shows that she
isn’t going to let Neo go in by himself to fight to get back Morpheus from the
agents. In a scene of the movie the agents explain to Morpheus why he is very
special to them, “… I must
get _out_ of here. I must get free_...and in this mind...is the key. He
taps Morpheus' head. Agent
Smith: My key...once Zion is destroyed there is no need for me to be here, don't you understand? I need the
codes..I have to get, _inside_ Zion, and you have to tell me _how_. You are
going to tell me, or...you are
going to die...” (The Matrix Script) This is why Trinity and Neo must get
Morpheus back and Trinity wasn’t going to let Neo go off and let him do it
alone. Morpheus is a key and is needed to be protected. Which in the end
Trinity and Neo as a team do and get Morpheus back. Neo ends up dying in the
end but Trinity brought him back to life with a kiss. Showing that Trinity is a
hero, she is Neo’s hero.
All three of
them are connected, like Morpheus for instance. Without Morpheus there would be
no Trinity because she would have never been woken up by Morpheus the God of Dreams. If Trinity was never woken up by Morpheus
because he was never there then there would be no Neo. In the movie Neo is the
one which makes the viewers believe that he is the hero, but he needs Trinity.
Trinity is the one who goes out and gets him. She is the one who protects him
when he is in danger when he needs it, “Neo : That was you on my computer. How did you do that? Trinity : Never
mind, right now all I can tell you is that you're in danger. I brought
you here to warn you” (The Matrix Script). That quote shows that Trinity is a
hero like character in the movie. The movie shows how her character is more
masculine then the character Neo because she is there to protect him not the
other way around. In a part of the movie Morpheus, Trinity and Neo are trapped
in a building and Trinity yells Morpheus’s name and Morpheus says, “You must
get Neo out! He's all that matters!”(The Matrix Script) Morpheus basically
gives Trinity responsibility of Neo and shows that she protects Neo when he
needs it. Trinity has already been trained and Neo is still new to the whole
idea of The Matrix. She has to help him like she is training him to help him
find his path in believing in himself to help him know if he is the one. Once
he knows he is the one he has the power. At the end of the movie Neo shows his
true power once he believes in himself that he is the one. Neo was under attack
by agents who are trying to kill him. Neo’s heart stopped when they shot him,
but Trinity started to talk to him, “ Neo..I'm
not afraid anymore! The Oracle told me I would fall in love, and that man, the man that I loved, would be The One. So, you see, you can't be dead...you
can't be...because I love you....you hear me? I love you...She leans over and
kisses him” (The Matrix Script). With that kiss that proved to Neo that he can
have the power. He 7opened his eyes and found out his power. The agents were
shooting at him but that didn’t stop him this time. He stopped the bullets and
defeated the agents. That wouldn’t have happened if Trinity didn’t believe in
him and help him find out who he was. That kiss gave him the power to awaken
from the dead. That shows that Trinity can be the hero to Neo.
In conclusion, Trinity is portrayed as a hero in the
movie The Matrix. Trinity shows Neo
who he is and what he can do. She shows him his power and that she believes in
him and once he believes in himself he will see what he is capable of. Without
Trinity there would have been no Neo. Neo needed Trinity; she is the more
masculine character because of that. She protects him and watches over him like
he is the feminine character in the movie.
Work Cited:
Andy
and Larry Wachowski. The Matrix. Film
Script. 1999.
The Matrix. Dir. Andy and Larry Wachowski. Wri. Sophia
Stewart. 1999. Warner Brothers. DVD.
Geller, Theresa L.. Queering Hollywood’s Tough
Chick. Frontiers: A Journal of WOMEN Studies, 2004, Vol. 23 Issue 3,
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