MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL

Monty Python and the Holy Grail



Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Clip 1

Clip Start Time:00:07:00

Relevant Philosophy:The relevance of philosophy in this clip lies in the fact that death is eternal. However, the concept of death as being the result of war is given much more value than that of the consequences of a normal death or a death by an accident. The philosophical positivism provides enlightenment here as to the same thing can be considered in w very different way just due to the fact that the cause of the incident changed even though the result is absolutely the same, the person dies. Apart from that, it is to be understood that death is the end of life and that is the more important thing.

Clip 2

Clip Start Time:00:09:10

Relevant Philosophy:The relevance of philosophy in this clip relates to the concept of kingdom and being ruled. The peasant is told by the king, King Arthur, that he is the king of Britain and that the peasant himself is also a British. However, the portrayal of disregard, least interest and ignorance by the peasant due to the fact that he himself does not know who he himself is a representation of the philosophical concept ignorance. The peasant neither knows himself, nor does he recognize his king, King Arthur. This is an extreme portrayal of ignorance and not just the lack of knowledge, but also the lack of attention and the fact that the peasant is least interested in such information.

Clip 3

Clip Start Time:00:13:30

Relevant Philosophy:This clip displays the incidence of King Arthur meeting the great Knight. The portrayal of positivism is reflected as bring a concept of philosophy. The great knight, as believed by King Arthur after seeing him fight with a person and defeating him bravery is offered by the King to join him. However, he refuses it and more importantly refuses King Arthur to cross the bridge. He forms himself as an obstacle for the King Arthur to cross and that in case the king need to cross the bridge, he would have to fight the Knight. The fight does happen, and the knight is defeated by the king, but the important point here lies in the fact that King Arthur never crosses the bridge. Even though he wins the fight, greatly injures the knight for the purpose of letting him cross the bridge, but in the end does not cross the bridge portraying that the ultimate aim was not crossing the bridge, but ensuring that the king's dignity is not being hurt by not being allowed to cross the bridge.

Clip 4

Clip Start Time:00:23:50

Relevant Philosophy:The appearance of a figure in the sky represents the philosophical aspect of mythological belief. The figure talks about the Holy Grail and informs King Arthur about it and as to why it is important. This is a pure representation of quest for a sacred item. King Arthur is virtually being sent to the quest of this Holy Grail for which King Arthur ...