Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

After sacrificing Jack Sparrow to the Kraken at the end ofDead Man ’s Chest , why doesPirates of the Caribbean ’s Elizabeth coming back to save him in the follow - up filmAt World ’s remainder ? ThePirates of the Caribbeanfranchise is filled with memorable blockbuster antiheroes and antiheroines - but none of them are more interesting and engaging than ma’am - call on - pirate lord Elizabeth Swan and the iconic scoundrel Captain Jack Sparrow .

Jack Sparrow ’s many crimesbarely scratch up the airfoil of who so many pirates - and people , in general - hate him . The character is often thickened and shamelessly well-chosen to double - cross his friend to get out of a mean spot . Throughout the serial , he ’s a authentic cad to friends and foe alike . This makes it inevitable , and really rather fitting , when Elizabeth Swan uses a well - time buss to flim-flam him into sacrificing himself to pull through his crew .

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A lot of interrogative sentence ring the characters of thePirates of the Caribbeanfranchise are leave for viewing audience to work out on their own , likehow Jack got his X scar . But the clew to why Elizabeth saves Jack after sacrifice him are actually all there for clever viewers to bring out . It ’s because she does n’t want to be examine as a plagiariser and believe that save Jack will unmake her determination to sacrifice him . She think the sneaky trick makes her no different from the captain himself so it ’s understandable that Elizabeth does n’t want to be responsible for his death . She fear it makes her less honorable , and no good than him . Elizabeth ’s willingness to save Jack from Davy Jones ’ Locker is less about her potentially lie with him and more about wanting to recover her in force name .

Will Turner may believe , thanks to a ill timed glance , that she ’s loves Jack , but Elizabeth is really just try on to justify herself . And she ’ll try almost anything to do so . ThePirates of the Caribbeanfranchise used a lot of marine legend , which is where the movie have the idea for Jack to terminate up in Davy Jones ’ Locker . A purgatory for undead sailors fall behind at ocean , it ’s where he spends the first portion ofAt World ’s Endand the same place that Elizabeth eventually prefer to free him from with the help of Calypso .

Elizabeth ’s decision to team up up with Calypso so as to save Jack is further evidence that she has become a true pirate , despite what she thinks of herself . Although Elizabeth only go along with the plan to take the death off her scruples , Calypso is nonetheless a high-risk friend to take on . Even without the utilisation of her full great power , she ’s still the reasonDavy Jones looks like an devilfish . So not a woman ( or goddess in human form , technically ) to be messed with . But Elizabeth is still willing to enlist her helper in retrieving Jack . Throughout thePirates of the Caribbeanseries , she tries to avoid buzz off her hands dirty both ethically and literally , which makes it all the more telling when she sweep up her plagiariser side and read on the part of Pirate Lord inAt World ’s End .

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