Summary Of The Revenant

the author makes three main arguments that "The Revenant" is not simply a film about a man left for dead who wanders the American frontier in search of his son's killer; but rather, an examination of the relationship between the violence seen within nature and the violence caused by mankind, the progression of Hugh Glass and his relationship with the natural world (his ‘rebirths’ from the dirt, the water, the trees and the animal), and the parallels between each member of the Glass family and the Holy Trinity of Christianity.For example, violence in the natural world is seen to only have two purposes: protection of one’s offspring and killing for food (as evidenced by the bear attack and wolves hunting the bison).The violence of mankind diverts