هنرهای زیبا. هنرهای نمایشی و موسیقی (Sep 2024)
The Dimensions of the Types of Death in Coco Animation Characters in Accordance with Heidegger's Views
Abstract
This research analyzes the concept of death in the animation production of Coco by Lee Unkrich. According to Martin Heidegger’s perspective of being, death and time, the characters of this work correspond to this viewpoint.The problem of the upcoming research is how to analyze the dimensions of the animated characters of Coco (Lee Unkrich, 2017) with Miguel as the center, according to Martin Heidegger's discussion and concepts about the types of death. The research questions are as follows. Which one of the types of death and fear of it in Heidegger's being and time is more consistent with the viewpoint of this animation towards death? What components does this animation add to the dimensions of Heidegger's death? What topics about death and what aspects of the characters do they reveal in this animation? To answer these questions in the research, relying on library sources and analytical-applied method, types of death, finding the present corresponding to them from Heidegger's point of view are studied and the selected characters of animation are analyzed in such a way that the form and content of types of death in Coco are conformity with Heidegger's opinions should be determined.The results of the study of Heidegger's types of physical death and existential death in Coco indicate that most of the characters entered the world of the dead due to physical death. The characters (Hector, Delacruz, and Imelda) entered the world of the dead mostly due to physical death (demise). In the world of the living, apart from Miguel who temporarily faces existential anxiety and existential death, we do not face deep existential death. Therefore, physical death is considered more in this animation. It seems that in the celebration of the dead, the Mexicans show that death should not be feared and the death of awareness is the recommended way. Not being afraid of physical death and welcoming it is a kind of conscious death, despite the fact that they know they are going to die, they do not sacrifice their lives for this event, but they hold a celebration of the dead every year so that no one has any fear of eternal forgetting and knows the value of time. Although Heidegger did not discuss the fate of Dasein in the world after death in existence and time, and only talked about the ways of living death in this world and the types of fear, but in this animation, by showing the world of the dead, its quality and ways to deal with deep physical death, by resorting to pictures and remembering it every year and by holding a celebration, depicts the world of the dead and the communication bridges of the living with them, as well as the ways to fight against the real death of humans. It also shows the dead living in the world of the dead after physical death. Finally, through some characters, it promises that one can live better with awareness of death and one can try ways to deal with the fear of death in special ways.
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