Ofelia Of The Underworld Sparknotes

Summary: The movie started off with a little background about the movie’s timeline and the events that are happening in the movie were in the post-civil war in Spain between the rebels and the fascist government of Spain by the end of the second world war. After the background, the narrator was telling a legend about a princess named Moana of the underworld who went up in the mortal world and was blinded by the sun and her memories erased and died as a mortal. However, her father the king of the underworld, believes that her spirit will return someday so he builds labyrinths around the world. After the narration the audience were introduce to the main character, a girl named Ofelia. Ofelia and her pregnant but sickly mother Carmen, were traveling in a convoy to a place later to be revealed as the camp of the military, known as the Mill, who are fighting off the rebel. The Captain of this said military camp is the stepfather of Ofelia. During the travel, the convoy that they are on had to make a stop because Carmen had morning sickness. Ofelia, while her mother was vomiting, walked around the area and found a stone
After meeting her stepfather, Ofelia saw the large stick insect once more and believes that this insect is a fairy. The insect lead Ofelia into an old labyrinth but was stopped by the housekeeper named Mercedes, a rebel supporter. During the night the same large stick insect, Ofelia saw on the road and lead her to the labyrinth, appeared in their room in the middle of the night. Ofelia thought that the insect is a fairy and the insect shape shifted to a fairy that was on the book of Ofelia. Convinced that the insect was a fairy, Ofelia followed the insect to the labyrinth once again. As she got deeper into the labyrinth Ofelia met with a faun, a mythical creature in this fantasy world. The faun believes that Ofelia is the reincarnation of Princess