First, what is the goddess and what is the temptress? In relation to our Darth and Obi Wan discussion, there is a light and dark side to Leia’s character unrealized to her because these traits are formed due to the actions of Luke and Han. The goddess is or light or our spiritual, where the hero is driven by her presence and the benefit for the greater good. On the other hand, the temptress drives or distracts the hero in his journey. Leia is not to such an extreme as Calypso is to Odysseus, but to the hero (namely Luke) she is the prize. In A New Hope, it can be easy to label Princess Leia as the Goddess to Han and the temptress to Luke. In Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, the relationship between Han is that of indifference. We see that right off the bat with them bickering in the corridor. However, Luke is still obsessed with her. Once before I said that Leia was the goddess to Han and Luke, but in terms of Episode V, she is the erotic temptation that is driving the heroes to succeed. To my remembrance, there was no happy ending in this film. The heroes are separated, with our civic hero in Han being held captive by the opposition.
Playing devil’s advocate here with myself, the moment where Luke leaves his training to go save his friends. At this moment, Leia is changed in Luke’s mind from temptress to goddess, or at least that is information we can imply by his tone of voice and assertiveness. Leia character, since it relies so much upon the actions of Luke and Han towards her, is once that is very difficult to come to any sort on conclusion on what her role in the films are.
Just for some humor. Some of you may have already seen this terrible spoof, but its always worthy of a few chuckles.
I enjoyed the You Tube clip. It is a bit gross, however. Your point about Leia as both temptress and goddess for Luke is good. In fact, when Luke goes to save Leia against Obi Wan's advice, his feelings are deeply involved. He is driven in episode 6 as well at the beginning, but when he finds out Leia is his sister, his path changes
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