Once Upon A Time Season 3 Episode 4
"Nasty Habits"
(43 minutes)
(43 minutes)
Much like the title the central theme to this episode of
Once Upon A Time is all about breaking nasty habits to become better, to do
good.
In this
adaptation of the original fairy tales, not everyone is who they’re depicted as
in the classic Disney movies. For example, Peter Pan has always been this
symbol of freedom for children, Neverland being the home every kid dreams of.
No parents to tell them what to do, how to dress, how to act. Just pure freedom
and ever-lasting youth. Though, in this version, Pan is anything but a symbol
of freedom. He resembles treachery, evil and entrapment. He lies and takes
little boys against their freewill. Then, tells them lies to make them actually
want to stay. He plays mind games and uses people as if they’re pawns in a game
of chess. His face is that of a child but his heart is as black as night. His
intentions are evil and I believe this represents an idea that although someone
can have a good reputation and can even play the part that not everyone is as
they seem and there is nothing like the love of a parent for a child. Seeing as
how Henry, the boy that he’s taken, has a whole army(family) hunting for him in
Neverland, they represent that the bond of family is an unconditional love.
Although,
there are some contradictions to this unconditional love in real life. An
example is Henry’s grandfather, Rumpelstiltskin. He knows of a prophecy that
Henry will be his undoing, so when Rumple believes that his son (Henry’s
father), Neal, is dead, he’s willing to break his cowardice, selfish habits and
sacrifice his own life for the better good of saving Henry from Pan. A twist is
enacted when Neal shows up in Neverland to save Henry, thus giving Rumple a
reason to live again and giving incentive to kill Henry before the prophecy
could be enacted. Once Neal finds this out it reminds him that he can never
trust his father, Rumple, and he shows this distrust by leaving him binded and
behind. When Neal does this he tries to escape with Henry and gets caught by
Pan, having burnt the bridge with his father Neal is left powerless and again
Henry gets recaptured by Pan.
If Neal had given Rumple a chance to prove himself and left
his anger and loathing for his father behind for Henry’s well-being(the better
good) than maybe it could’ve saved both Neal and Henry from the fate of Pan.
Now, Neal has no choice but to wait and trust that his father will come after
them and, hopefully, break the habit and do the right thing.
I forget to mention this every time I see your blog, but hey, better late than never. Your blog is nicely put together and is very analytical. Anyhow, I like Once Upon a Time because they take all the fairy tales we know and add a twist to it in the most major ways. I don't really watch the shoe, but the few episodes I did watch it, it was good.
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