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The Matrix
The Matrix represents envy rather well in the first of the series. The character that represents
this best is Cypher. At the beginning of the film we see him in the Matrix, helping Neo get out of the program. Later on we
see him talking to Trinity, demanding to know why she's bringing food to Neo’s room when he isn’t well when she
had never done this for him. It is apparent that they were dating or at least romantically involved and that he is a bit jealous
of Neo because Neo is supposedly the One. This is expressed very well during Neo’s training scenes, when one of the
crew asks, “What happens if he makes it on the first jump” with Cypher responding, “No one ever makes the
first jump." While this can show envy, it also just might be Cypher trying to keep people from getting there hopes up. However
later on, he shows just how much he resents Morpheus and the others with his conversation with Neo, where he informs him that
he would rather have taken the blue pill as opposed to the red one. Later, he betrays them all to the Agents and kills two
of the crew by unplugging them without getting them to a hard line. He also kills the operator and his brother using the electro
static gun at point blank range. He then asks Trinity whether she loves Neo and becomes enraged when she says yes. However,
he is killed by the Operator before he can kill Trinity and Neo.
Cypher’s envy leads to appalling results. He becomes so angry with Neo for capturing Trinitys
heart that he decides to try and force her to watch him die. However, he is stopped from doing this. Also, he is resentful
of Morpheus, fore he believes him to have lied about the true nature of the Matrix and the true nature of the war. He wants
to be plugged back in to the Matrix because he thinks that ignorance is bliss. When he makes his deal with Agent Smith, he
says that he will not hesitate to slaughter the rest of his crew, that he will rather enjoy it. His jealousy leads to
his downfall in the end with him being killed in one shot. He is disgraced and is not given a proper burial.
By:
Dan Carreiro
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Gollum
Gollum displays envy and greed several times throughout the story of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. When he and
his cousin first find the ring, he is jealous of Deagol and demands the ring as a birthday present. When Deagol, already enraptured
by the rings power, refuses, Sméagol chokes the life out of him and takes the ring for himself. Later on, when Bilbo stumbles
upon him, he is somewhat envious of Bilbo because of the way he is able to resist temptations. However, when he travels with
Sam and Frodo he displays the most envy. He is envious of Sam and Frodo, who for the most part still care about what happens
to each other and represent the strong friendship that he used to have with Deagol. He is envious of Shelob’s power,
and how she can control others using her gigantic body as a fear weapon. He is also envious with himself, as both personalities
hate each other. The one that was created by the rings evil detests Sméagol because Sméagol somehow still feels passion. The
other, Sméagol, does not like Gollum because Gollum usually is in control of there body and is the one that plots the hobbits
destruction. This comes to head during the second movie, when he has an argument with himself and the good side wins. This
side dominates for most of the movie, until Frodo calls Sméagol to him, who is subsequently trapped by Faramir’s men.
Sméagol feels betrayed and instead tries to betray them and take the ring back for himself. This ends with his death, after
he attacks Frodo in the cracks of doom, bites of his figure, takes the ring, and in his euphoria falls to his death. He is
consumed by the lava and dies, destroying the ring with him. He also manages to save Frodo from the same fate by doing this,
and Frodo forgives him and understands that if Gollum had not been there, he would have surely lost the ring to Sauron, and
it would have been the end. Frodo honors what happened, and what would have happened to him using Gollum as an example, if
he had had the ring for to long and had refused to destroy it until his death.
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