Biblical References in Pulp Fiction Essay -- Film Movie Quentin Tarant

Pulp FictionThroughout the movie Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino, in that location are many a(prenominal) hidden references to religion and the Bible. The movie starts off,introducing our two main characters, Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield, as twocheap hitmen in search of a package belong to their boss, Marcellus Wallace.The package is retrieved, and they then began their job of returning it to theirboss. Along the way, they ran into difficulties, such as Vegas so-calleddate with his boss wife, Mia, during which she overdosed on heroin, and Vegawas forced to take her to the drug dealers house to deliver her life, as head asthe robbers in the restaurant, who turn out to take the suitcase from Winnfield, butwere unsuccessful. The unit movie serves as a warning to all mankind to avoidthe temptations of the Devil, as well as a warning to not try to play God,because the two boys who stole the suitcase play the role of the Devil, as dothe drugs, and they were almost the downfall of the whole attempt. The movie wasted no time in introducing the first biblical referencewhen the two men try to retrieve the suitcase containing Wallaces belongings.When Vega opened the suitcase, he used the combination 666 to open thesuitcase, and when he opened it, the contents glowed a golden-orange color.This was obviously an introductory attempt to steer the audience that thesuitcase held Marcellus soul. Perhaps Tarantino was trying to show that thepeople that stole the suitcase were the devils pawns, and these two hitmen wereangels trying to retrieve stolen property.After Vega and Winnfield had obtained their treasure, Winnfield quotationdthe Bible, specifically Ezekiel 2517, the conversion about destroying the evilmembers of the society that try to harm others for no reason. Part of thatpassage was ..and you will know my name is the Lord, when I lay my vengeanceupon thee. This quote shows that Winnfield sees what he is doing as heroic, ormaybe angelic, and by carrying out his duties, he is following the word of theLord. As Winnfield shot the boy, Brett, an orange-golden glow enveloped thescreen, representing Bretts soul leaving his body. This whole part of themovie is to warn the evil-doers of the world to cease their computer errors, becausethere are people out there who will stop them. The next main purview of... ...od, sometimes what he does is not right,and he is trying to be the one that always does the right thing the shepherd.This is another reason why Jules is not killed off. He realized that he cannotplay God, and therefore he is forgiven. Vincent, however, never fully realizedthis, and he is punished at the end of the story by macrocosm killed by Butch. Although cleverly hidden, the signs of biblical inference and the powerof God are extremely prevalent in the film. Elements of the plot such as therealization of wrongdoing by Jules, the general feeling that the Wallaces aretrying to be all knowing and all powerfu l, the drug dealer being the downfall aswell as the savior for Mia, and the way that Jules and Vincent try to controlothers lives and are punished for it all show us something. These signs show usthat we must do as we think we should, and not try to control anyone butyourself, because if you are busy trying to control others, you may not betending to yourself, leaving yourself dewy-eyed open to manipulation by others likeyourself. If we mind our own business and take care of ourselves, the worldwould go a lot smoother, and have many fewer conflicts.