Thread:B1bl1kal/@comment-2175012-20180225223134

I was recently contemplating making a page on Jennifer Lawrence's mother from the aforementioned Aronofsky film of the same name after I had made some pages for Him, the Other Brother, and humanity as it is an example of a "hostile species" in the film. Now, with mother, while I get the basic allegory she is referring to as in she is interpreted (and outright confirmed if Aronofsky's words are any indication) that she represents Mother Nature whilst her husband is God. I get that she was a victim for most of the film as she was mistreated, abused, and beaten by several humans and you could make the assertion that her destroying the house at the end is completely justified. However, there was one theory in mind as to what mother represents. While Aronofsky most likely wasn't taking it into account, but mother could also be seen as a metaphor for Lucifer a. k. a. the Devil. Much like the Devil in some of the religions saw humans as being a mistake or an inferior creation, Mother continually questions why Him allows several people into the home, clearly expressing a dislike of humans before the film spirals into insanity. Given how she sets off the apocalypse at the end could also be seen as a metaphor for Lucifer as he is believed to instigate scenarios leading to the end of the world. Much like Satan, mother at first seems to be highly favored by her creator (in this case Him), but ultimately she falls. What I feel should also be mentioned is that mother had earlier encountered a mother and her child that went to the bathroom. However, once mother completely incinerates the house, she also basically killed them as well, and they were at the very least the more decent of the human race.

mother is another one of those characters that come from a work that is purely open to interpretation. While the more clear cut bad guys are Him, the Older Brother, and humanity as a whole, given the possible Lucifer motifs that can be drawn with how mother views humans, I can see the argument either way. 