Synopsis (from rottentomatoes):
Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her 'out of control' 6 year-old, Samuel (Noah Wiseman), a son she finds impossible to love. Samuel's dreams are plagued by a monster he believes is coming to kill them both. When a disturbing storybook called 'The Babadook' turns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that the Babadook is the creature he's been dreaming about. His hallucinations spiral out of control, he becomes more unpredictable and violent. Amelia, genuinely frightened by her son's behaviour, is forced to medicate him. But when Amelia begins to see glimpses of a sinister presence all around her, it slowly dawns on her that the thing Samuel has been warning her about may be real.
Motherhood in The Babadook:
We can see after that she starts to show her love and try to protect Sam from Babadook. This love manage to defeat Babadook.
At the end, we can see how Amelia shows her motherly love towards her son when she can accept the death of her husband. This movie demonstrates that a mother will always love her children no matter what and this love can overcome every circumstances in life.
Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her 'out of control' 6 year-old, Samuel (Noah Wiseman), a son she finds impossible to love. Samuel's dreams are plagued by a monster he believes is coming to kill them both. When a disturbing storybook called 'The Babadook' turns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that the Babadook is the creature he's been dreaming about. His hallucinations spiral out of control, he becomes more unpredictable and violent. Amelia, genuinely frightened by her son's behaviour, is forced to medicate him. But when Amelia begins to see glimpses of a sinister presence all around her, it slowly dawns on her that the thing Samuel has been warning her about may be real.
Motherhood in The Babadook:
During the earlier part of the movie, we can see that the
mother is not really fond to have Sam. This is due to her loss of husband that
died in the car accident on the day Sam was born. She even doesn’t like the
affectionate hug by him.
She is so stressed out by the behavior of her kid. Sam is
too obsessed with the idea of monster and he creates the weapons to protect her
mum. She is too tired of being his mum to that extent she asks the doctor to
prescribe her something that can make him sleep.
The situation becomes worse. She is possessed by Babadook and she says to Sam that she wishes him that died instead of her husband. But I would say that the power of love can overcome everything. Even though she can’t really accept Sam, but deep inside her heart, she still loves him. This is proven when she tries to strangle him but Sam touches of love manage to recover her from possession.
We can see after that she starts to show her love and try to protect Sam from Babadook. This love manage to defeat Babadook.
At the end, we can see how Amelia shows her motherly love towards her son when she can accept the death of her husband. This movie demonstrates that a mother will always love her children no matter what and this love can overcome every circumstances in life.
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