The Willow

The Willow

In the movie “The Willow”, the main character Willow Ufgood embarks on an epic journey to stop the evil sorceress Bavmorda. Willow is the unwell recipient who finds Elora Danan and takes her on the journey. The author uses the common theme of good versus evil and magic with a good message of no matter how small you are you can accomplish anything. Good versus evil is a common theme in literature in the romantic mode and movies and is the basis for this film. The baby, Elora, is supposed to defeat the evil sorceress, but she is far too young to do that. With a little help from Willow and Madmartigan the impossible isn’t as impossible anymore. The baby is “the chosen one”, with powerful white magic and the one who is supposed to defeat Bavmorda and her black magic and take over the kingdom. Infants are often portrayed as innocent and full of goodness. Elora is compared with Bavmorda, who when described by other characters is described as “Evil Queen Sorceress Bavmorda”. It is not surprising that when the infant Elora is sent down the river she ends up being found by a group of good people, namely Willow Ufgood which could be pronounced Willow Of Good. In every good versus evil fairy tale it seems that there is always magic, it isn’t always the main thing but it always seems to be there. In The Willow magic plays a big part in the movie because all of the main characters like Willow and Bavmorda, even Elora uses magic. Bavmorda uses evil black magic to take over the world. Willow is just a sorcerer who is not very powerful but can still defeat the most powerful sorceress. Elora and Raziel also use white magic and help willow defeat the sorceress. Although magic is not real it is a common theme in fantasy stories. Willow Ufgood is a small midget that is at most three and a half feet tall but he defeats another sorceress who is a little less that twice his height and a much more powerful that he is. In real life one little person in a state can make a difference by making a petition or something that helps their community. Willow helps his town by taking the baby to the evil kingdom and defeating the evil sorceress and remember he is a midget. Willow helped the whole world doing something that was just supposed to help his town. Movies are everywhere and only some are very good and used in literature. Willow teaches us a lesson that if taken seriously can make life very easy and successful for people. The message may not be clear but all that is needed is work needed in the community. Although many people many not know but if you do something many people will follow what you do and if you do something good eventually most people will be doing good things.