Analyzing The Movie 'Pirates Of The Caribbe Dead Man's Chest'

Pirates are described as filthy, dangerous, yet brave thieves who sail the seas in search of uncharted treasure. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” is essentially about Jack Sparrow’s crew of pirates and Davy Jones crew of pirates racing to find the ultimate treasure, Davy Jones’ heart. Jack Sparrow does everything in his power to acquire Jones’ heart and does this by completely going against pirates’ code of honor. Jack Sparrow then proves throughout the movie he is the epitome of rebellion against society’s average pirate by being cowardly, rebellion against the government, and selfish.
Jack’s cowardice showed when faced with danger throughout his pursuit to treasure. Specifically, when Jack was held captive as a god he did not defend his crew and let the inhabitants of the land kill half of them and keep the other captive. Once he found a way to escape the grasp of the inhabitants he did not go back to save his crew, although his crew always sought to save him he simply …show more content…
A brief historic background informs us that pirates were employed by one of three nations to spy, rob, and attack the other nations. In the movie there is reference to Jack previously having a binding contract of employment with Britain. Jack was not much about loyalty as is many pirates, this means he refused to work with them and started to go on his own and conquer uncharted treasure. Jack’s personality fit the description of a non-committed individual and had continuously betrayed his contract with Britain causing Britain officials to arrest him for not being obedient to their rules and contract. Lord Cutler Beckett even said, “Jack must find his place in the new world or perish.” implying that Jack’s way of living was not with the current standards of living and should be changed or else he wouldn’t survive in the new world order. Of course, Jack continued his own way of order and obeyed no