Clouded Vs. Unclouded
Ashitaka-San
The Forest
The Curse
A Tale of Two Forests
100
The first character in the film to have demonically "clouded eyes."
Who is Nago? 
100
Takes a dramatic, Buddha-like action to initiate his journey.
What is cutting of his top-knot and leaving the village, surrendering his princely status like Siddartha? 
100
One character or animal who represents the forest as an ancestral site of resistance. [Include example]
Who is San/Moro/Okkoto?
100
Just as San is suspicious of the category "humans," so too Nemonte is suspicious of the category called ________.
Who are "cowori" (foreigners)?
100
The worldview of both Princess Mononoke and We Will Not Be Saved in which spirits are alive everywhere in the fores.
What is animism? 
200
She laughs when Ashitaka says, "I don't know, but together we can live."
Who is Moro?
200
He will live here in the future.
Where is Irontown? 
200
The last being to be seen in the film. Be specific.
Who is a kodama?
200
Ultimately responsible for the iron ball that begins the cycle of torment in this epic story.
Who is Lady Eboshi? 
200
Two non-indigenous writers of these two tales.
Who are Mitch Anderson and Hayao Miyazaki
300
At the end this character (besides Ashitaka) seems more open than others to being a person who sees with less clouded eyes.
Who is Lady Eboshi? 
300
The name of Ashitake's harmonious village or tribe.
What is Emishi? 
300
Refuses to return the Deer God's head.
Who is Jiku?
300
Makes an anti-Bregman statement about human ambition and selfishness.
Who is Jiku? 
300
Ashitaka and Nemonte both experience the forest as a "site of spiritual illumination." [Be specific - an example for each]
What is how Ashitaka sees the Deer God and Nemonte the spirit jaguar in visions in the forest?
400
Her justification was, "You hurt Lady Eboshi."
Who was the woman who shot Ashitaka?
400
Fill-in: "Look!" said Ashitaka to Lady Eboshi and San, "This is the _____ and _____ that curses me."
What is "hatred" and "bitterness?"
400
One specific way that the Forest God embodies the sublime.
What is manifesting in multiple forms, or in awe-inspiring beauty, or is origin of life and death?
400
Despite being a curse, some specific good comes from the poison-like virus running through Ashitaka's veins.
What is superhuman power to protect others? 
400
Both hero/heroine demonstrate seeing with unclouded eyes as they deal with perceived enemies. [Be specific - two examples]
What is Ashitaka helping Lady Eboshi, even though she was responsible for the curse on him, and Nemonte willing to marry a cowori and write a book with one in order to save the forest. 
500
This character withholds forgiveness at the end.
Who is San? 
500
Ashitaka and San disagree about this with regard to the Deer God at the very end.
What is San believes the Deer God is dead, while Ashitaka understands that the Deer God can't die because It is life itself. 
500
The incomprehensible "contradiction" of the Forest Spirit.
What are both its life-creating and death-dealing qualities?
500
Overwhelmed by pride, this being is overcome and is transformed into a demonic force.
Who is Okkoto? 
500
Ashitaka and Nemonte both exhibit qualities of the "wounded healer." Be specific how their wounds heal others of the same disease.
What is Ashitaka heals others of anger and bitterness that is curse living in him, while Nemonte fights against the cowori who she had once joined forces with as a teenager? 