This document analyzes the motifs, patterns, and parallels found in Pan's Labyrinth, including its object and image settings, characters, lighting and color, events, dialogue, musical themes, parallel editing techniques, and intertextual references to other works of fiction. Key events discussed are the main character's desire for her son to be born in a new Spain and a character stating they are all there by choice, with dialogue examining why one character did something because it was the only thing they could do.

1. MOTIFS, PATTERNS, AND PARALLELS IN
PAN’S LABYRINTH

2. Object

3. Image

4. Setting,
Compositi
on

5. Charact
ers

6. Lighting
&
Color

7. Events

8. Dialogu
e
I’m here because I want my
son to be born in a new, clean
Spain.

9. Dialogu
e
We’re all here by
choice.
- Why did you do it?
- It was the only thing
I could do.

10. Musical
Theme:
“Pan’s
Labyrinth
Lullaby”

11. Parallel
Editing
ABAB A
B

12. The World Outside the Film

13. Intertextuality

14. Intertextuality