Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Hidalgo, The Existential Struggle Of Faith And Reason

Miguel Hidalgo (Hidalgo) was a foremost a man, and secondly a priest. He did not like to be controlled by outside forces, but forcibly conceded to working under the watchful eye of the Catholic Church. Through this predicament, Hidalgo was presented with many conflicting ideas regarding the importance of faith of which the standards were set by the Catholic Church, and reason, which was influenced, by the ideas of the Enlightenment. Hidalgo, the historical character is presented as being someone who saw the great conflict in these ideas, and saw that the only way to crown a victor was through warfare. However, the character of Hidalgo in Hidalgo: La Historia Jamas Contada actively sought peaceful ways to have both ideas of faith and reason coexisting in the same society, in different ways, for different people. In the film Hidalgo: La Historia Jamas Contada, the character of Hidalgo is faced with the existential struggle of faith versus reason depicted in his journey from priesthood to revolutionary, during which the flame of Hidalgo’s tendency, throughout the film, to accept and emulate the abnormal for society in that day was lit, ultimately leading to the start of his revolution. The time in which Hidalgo was beginning to wage his internal war marked a period of great power for the Catholic Church and the Spanish monarchy due to their extreme influence on each other. These governing bodies expected their subjects to act in a certain manner, and confined them to the

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