When watching the Seventh Seal, I wondered what the Seals were in Revelation. Upon reading them, I looked back to the movie to see what the comparison is or the symbolism is in the other seals. I have identified each as follows:
1: The horseman is a crowned conquerer. This could be seen as Block as he has come back from the crusades. He is crowned as a victor, as he did not perish in the crusades, but still he comes back empty.
2: The horseman is red with a sword used for slaughter. This could be the witch on the stake to be crucfied and burned alive. The idea was to take peace from the earth, and her struggle and pain is easily seen in the movie.
3: The horseman has balance seal. This character can be Jans as he brings peace and rule in the land. He calmed the people in the bar when the jester was being ridiculed, and "saved" the woman at the well. He is steady-handed and steady-minded throughout.
4: The homseman has a green horse signifying death. This is Death himself. He is coming to bring plague and take home those who don't deserve life anymore.
5: Souls slaighteres for testifying are given white robes. I think these people are Jof and Mary as Block saves them from the impending doom and death that is coming upon him. They were saved by their simply faith that Block just couldn't seemt o understand.
6: Storms, wind,and earthquake. This seal is the storm that happened right before the "calm" in the end of the movie. The tumoil manifested itself in a mighty storm to show the soul shaking of so many individuals.
7: Silence in HEaven for 1/2 hour. This it the point where all is lost for Block, when he cries out to the nobody who owns the skies and cannot save his soul or his friends. Death took advantage of the unfaithful.
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