THE VILLAGE

The Village

The Village

Introduction

The Village is a 2004 American fantasy-thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan about a turn-of-the-20th-century village whose inhabitants live in fear of the creatures inhabiting the woods beyond it. The following paragraphs will shed light on the movie village with regard to a variety of different contexts. Firstly, the paper will highlight if "The Village" is a legitimate or illegitimate political body according to either Social Contract Law. Secondly, the paper will explore the role of 'faith' in The Village and the role of 'reason' in the perspective of Ivy Walker, Luscious Hunt and the 'Elders'.

The Village as a political body

According to the social contract, the Village is a legitimate political body. This is because of the fact that the people in the village appear to be in consent over the presence of the village elders as the political body and they seek the guidance of the village elders for their problems and queries. In this regard, it can be observed that the social contract theory holds valid on the political body of the Village and the political body is legitimate in this regard. The social contract theory holds that individuals unite into a society by a process of mutual consent, agreeing to abide by certain rules and to accept duties to protect one another from violence, fraud, or negligence (Erckel, 2009). This explanation of the social contract theory is clearly well suited for the case of the village elders in the village.

However, it merits highlighting that the village elders are present in their leadership capacity mainly because they clearly harbor certain secrets that the inhabitants of the village are not aware of. As a result, it can be surmised that the village elders are in a position of power in the village on account ...