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Why main characters die – or: the rediscovery of self-sacrifice

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This article will be about the deaths of some of the main characters. Some heavy spoilers about Marvel's Iron Man, Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, VIII: The Last Jedi and IX: The Rise of Skywalker, as well as Logan - The Wolverine, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Lord of the Rings and the musical Hamilton are therefore unfortunately unavoidable!

When I think back to my last visits to the cinema, many exciting, thrilling and elaborate productions come to mind. No problem, no threat (e.g. the extinction of half of all life?!) is so great that the screen heroes and heroines would not and must not face it. One element, a certain motif, appears very often at the moment - at least in my opinion: important characters die. However, they are not simply killed by a villain, no, they sacrifice themselves to defeat evil and save the day. To save (human) lives.

Existence is chaos

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This post contains mild spoilers about the Disney+ series "Loki".

The biblical creation narratives describe how God created the earth and ordered the chaos. Thus the world became a place for life and humans could subdue it. But what is the moral of the story? Perhaps that chaos is the enemy of human beings? That chaos is the one thing we can't handle? Who knows? In the "Loki" series, on the other hand, there is a remarkable quote that may help to look at the issue from a slightly different angle.