Subversion of Anthropocentric Worldview in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu'sThe Revenant

Abstract

This research paper analyses Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s movie The Revenant in the light of environmental consciousness and how it subverts anthropocentric world view by bio-centric world view. It further explores portrayal of anthropogenic activities and how nature takes revenge upon human beings. When human crosses their boundary by exploiting nature to optimum level, then anger of nature comes as revenge which brings the life threatening consequences that no human can surpass.It carries the message regarding importance of natural world that every living thing is the part of the nature who needs to value the Mother Nature and cope up with it.The downfall of protagonist Hugh Glass and other characters, for instance;Hawk, Captain Henry and Fitzgerald are the result of their self-centered action. These reel life characters represent the real life reality that how every single day human tires to win over nature by destroying it. This whole tussles and clash between human and nature has been depicted through the use of different visual effects and cinematic techniques.