A website exploring the relationship between mythology and the Matrix film franchise by Mark Ennis, Manpreet Parmar, Shahzaib Shaikh, Andrew Takahashi

It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
- Morpheus, The Matrix

The Relevance of the Saviour Myth in The Matrix

April 16, 2022

Shahzaib Shaikh

The Matrix series gives us an understanding of the Saviour myth that is in parallel with the myth of the story of Jesus and qualities of a…

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Self-Referential Mythology Within The Matrix Resurrections

April 14, 2022

Mark Ennis

In The Matrix Resurrections, the myth of The Matrix is used as a means to help the protagonist escape from a false reality. When the…

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How Technology Warps Perception

April 13, 2022

Andrew Takahashi

How do we know what is real? For centuries, this question has been widespread, arising in debates among friends up to the higher echelons of…

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The Matrix and Plato's Allegory of The Cave

April 5, 2022

Manpreet Parmar

Neo’s normal life turns upside down when he is approached by Morpheus, a hacker, who tells him that the life that he has been living up till…

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Psychosocial Dislocation in The Matrix

April 3, 2022

Andrew Takahashi

For many people, to be a part of society gives us a sense of meaning and belonging. We are, after all, social creatures that love to be…

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