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 SparkNotes: The Matrix Trilogy: Character List
Her physical fighting skills are top-notch, and she tends to pilot the helicopters, drive the luxury vehicles, and speed on the motorcycles when in the Matrix.
In the Matrix, she always wears fl leather or latex, and with her closely cropped hair she appears both androgynous and attractive.
The Merovingian’s Persephone also lurks beside her husband in Club Hell, and she is thrilled by Trinity’s commitment to die for Neo.
www.sparknotes.com /film/matrix/characters.html   (2718 words)

  
 The Matrix - A Science Fiction and Fantasy Page
It turns out that the world which Neo has inhabited since birth, the Matrix, is an illusory simulated reality construct of the world of 1999, developed by the machines to keep the human population docile whilst they are connected to generators and their energy is harvested.
Viewers would know whether a character or situation was being played out within the Matrix if central characters were wearing their characteristically dark clothing, complete with sunglasses that would be of little use in the sunless realm of the real world.
The character of the Oracle is strongly similar to that of the Oracle of ancient Greek legend.
www.thebucklist.com /matrix.html   (6623 words)

  
 ThE MaTrIx ClUb
She is fated to be a leader in the postwar Matrix under the new rules.
People who are not a part of the Matrix can hack in and influence everyone else who is. These hackers think that one day they may find "the One" who can control the Matrix and free everyone who is enslaved by its false sensations.
She creates sunsets in the Matrix once a week, in honor of Neo, which have a beauty that is almost holy.
groups.msn.com /thematrixclub/characterbios.msnw   (1479 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Persephone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kore ("maiden") was her name when the Greeks referred to her as a fertility goddess, and Persephone remained her name in association with her role as queen of the dead.
Persephone, as Queen of Hades, only showed mercy once, because the music of Orpheus was so hauntingly sad.
Persephone and her mother Demeter were often referred to as aspects of the same goddess, and were called "the Demeters" or simply "the goddesses." The story of Persephone's abduction was part of the initiation rites in the Eleusinian mysteries.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Persephone   (723 words)

  
 The MATRIX 101 - Understanding The Matrix Reloaded - Symbolism
Niobe was a female greek mythological character in the Iliad of Homer.
Persephone was the daughter of Demeter and Zeus in Greek myth.
Hades abducted her and took her to the underworld, but she was eventually allowed to return to the surface for part of the year.
www.thematrix101.com /reloaded/symbolism.php   (214 words)

  
 Rachel Blake - Lostpedia
A character in the Lost Experience, Rachel Blake is a woman investigating The Hanso Foundation and is effectively leading the story from the players' point of view.
During her days as "Persephone", Rachel could be heard on the Hanso Foundation Phone Line with a rallying call to all who heard it.
This character was originally planned to be called Amy Jenson, who was apparently described in briefing as an attractive and intelligent young woman in search of missing pieces of her past trying to find her missing parent (father).
lostpedia.com /wiki/Persephone   (3216 words)

  
 Trinity (The Matrix) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trinity is the main female fictional character in The Matrix universe, played by actress Carrie-Anne Moss in the films The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions and in the film segments of The Matrix: Path of Neo.
Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity in The Matrix Reloaded
Persephone, The Merovingian's wife, asks Neo for a kiss, saying that she will give the rebels the Keymaker in exchange.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trinity_(Matrix_character)   (1271 words)

  
 Persephone (The Matrix) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She seems bored with her existence in the Matrix, and is disaffected from her husband (possibly because of his dalliances).
The character takes her name from the Persephone in Greek mythology, who is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter whom Hades took to the underworld to be his queen.
On the contrary, some fans believe that Persephone, her husband the Merovingian, the Trainman, and his other acolytes were absorbed by Smith not long after she and her husband revealed to Morpheus and Trinity Neo's location in the Mobil Avenue Station and were subsequently freed after Neo destroyed Smith for the second time.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Persephone_(The_Matrix)   (498 words)

  
 MATRIX
CHARACTER CARDS Character cards stay in play (face up on the table) until they are killed.
A Human with a Matrix counter is considered to be plugged into and Functioning in the Matrix.
MATRIX PHASE The Matrix Phase is divided into 4 segments: Interception Segment Combat Segment Mission Segment Escape Segment If the Human player does have a character in the Matrix, skip Matrix phase INTERCEPTION SEGMENT Both players roll 1D10.
www.angelfire.com /games2/warpspawn/Matrix.html   (968 words)

  
 Futurizmo Matrix | News And Rumors For The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions And The Animatrix
A wise and mysterious man, with a vast knowlodge of the Matrix, Morpheus is one of the leaders of the human resistence against the Matrix.
Trinity is a former hacker who has been awakened from the Matrix, and along with Neo and Morpheus, is on a misson to destroy the Matrix, and save the city of Zion.
Merovingian possesses the power to control the Matrix with his mind inside his mansion, and is able to reprogram himself, to speak any language.
www.futurizmo.com /matrix/characters.php   (345 words)

  
 Medicom Kubrick "Matrix Reloaded" Figures - Matrix Unloaded
Persephone and Merovingian are alloted at around 2 each per box of 24.
Agent Smith was such a prominent character in "The Matrix Reloaded".
Medicom's excluxsion of Agent Smith--and inclusion of lesser characters such as Merovingian and Persephone-- is quite puzzling.
www.matrixunloaded.com /toys_kubrick.html   (369 words)

  
 Meaning of names
They gave Fishburne some or all of the Sandman series to read, and the style of speech and mannerism of the Matrix character are heavily informed by the Sandman character, although since The Sandman is only a graphic novel, much of the tone and inflection is an original (though recognizable) interpretative creation on Fishburne's part.
The daughter of Zeus and Demeter, Persephone ("she who destroys the light") (also Kore, "maiden;" Roman equivalent: Proserpina) became the goddess of the underworld when Hades abducted her from the Earth and brought her into the underworld.
She was innocently playing with some nymphs (or Leucippe) or Oceanids) in a field in Enna when he came; the nymphs were changed into the Sirens for not having interfered.
skyline_10.tripod.com /names.html   (1764 words)

  
 Enter the Matrix Multiplayer FAQ - IGN FAQs
Coupling the storyline between Matrix movies (The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded) and the Animated backstory elements (The Animatrix: Flight of the Osiris) the Enter the Matrix game provides insight and further deepens the plot of the Matrix world.
Characters selection is implicit in the level selection.
As all the characters essentially have the same moves but somewhat different animations, I am listing the damage for the basic move set here.
faqs.ign.com /articles/409/409848p1.html   (1474 words)

  
 AboutFilm.com - The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
The Matrix Revolutions is far from being The Matrix, far from being even The Matrix Reloaded.
Stripped of the razzle-dazzle of tight leather and kung fu, the characters are open to all sorts of ugly and irreversible injuries, and sometimes death.
The original doesn't include images of crosses or operatic score pieces with lyrics lifted from the Upanisads, nor does it have characters with exceedingly (sometimes literally) sunny dispositions, but The Matrix still is peppered with religious allegories and holds out a gleam of hope in the form of romantic love.
www.aboutfilm.com /movies/m/matrixrevolutions.htm   (885 words)

  
 Interview: Monica Bellucci   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Persephone does assist Neo, Morpheus, and Trinity at a crucial part of their journey to save the world.
A: Persephone, in Greek mythology, is the daughter of Zeus, the king of the gods, and the goddess of fertility, Demeter.
[Persephone] was kidnapped by Hades, the king of the underworld to be his queen.
www.countingdown.com /features?feature_id=3059043   (1056 words)

  
 The Matrix character names - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In particular, its characters control a starship by "jacking in" to a virtual reality representation of the vessel and its environment.
This, coupled with the "Club Hel" location seen in The Matrix Revolutions, (Hel/Hell being analogous to the Greek Underworld), and the fact that The Merovingian has in his employ The Trainman who is himself analogous to Charon, the ferryman on the river Styx.
Persephone - Greek mythology states she was taken to the underworld by Hades; she was the beautiful and lonely bride of a monster - Hades himself.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Matrix_character_names   (3058 words)

  
 Matrix fansite .com - Latest news
Capturing the authenticity of the Matrix films, Fishburne (Morpheus), Bellucci (Persephone), Alice (The Oracle), Lambert Wilson (The Merovingian), Harold Perrineau Jr.
Launching on January 18, 2005, The Matrix Online, co-published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and SEGA, is a MMOG where tens of thousands of players will jack into the Matrix world to take an active role in continuing the saga of The Matrix movie trilogy.
JH: Well, the Matrix Online is the continuation of the story of the Matrix, and on day one of the launch, the story continues [with] what happened to Morpheus.
www.matrixfansite.com /news/news0411.htm   (2219 words)

  
 National Console Support, Inc. | Matrix Reloaded - Kubrick Figures
Neo, Trinity and the rest of the gang are molded into stylized plastic likenesses of themselves when Medicom unleashes the Matrix Reloaded Kubrick figures in November 2003.
Conspicuously missing from the crew is the unflappable Mr.
The ratio of character assortment in each case of 24 is as follows:
www.ncsxshop.com /cgi-bin/shop/MDC-MXR.html   (310 words)

  
 Matrix Reloaded ~ Keanu Reeves
When the first Matrix movie came out in 1999, it was a huge hit.
I also felt that the philosophical element that made the first movie so balanced was relegated to a long speech near the end of the movie and scattered metaphors elsewhere.
Niobe is a welcome addition to the plot as another tough female character and Pinkett Smith really conveys a "don't mess with me" attitude in tune with Niobe's mission in the movie.
www.ez-entertainment.net /zoneseye/matrixreloadedview.htm   (698 words)

  
 The New MFN!
I was transported into the world of the Matrix, and doing things that I've never done in a video game before.
The adrenaline really gets pumping in some of the levels, like the time I was in the car chase, driving up to try to catch up to Morpheus, and I was at 1% of my health, and I made it just in time, and my friends and I cheered.
I recommend this game to Matrix fans as an addition to the whole experience that is The Matrix.
www.matrixfans.net /videogame   (587 words)

  
 Why Trinity Had to Die by Stephen Faller
This is the second installment of "The Matrix and The Mater" -- a series of five articles that deal with feminist themes spanning the Matrix trilogy.
And after all, she’s the one who told Neo that "the Matrix cannot tell you who you are." So we are going to assume that she has taken full responsibility for who she is.
As we look at her death, we are going to peel the layers of meaning and cultural attitudes that required the Matrix mythology to unfold this particular way.
beyondthematrix.stephen-faller.com /article9.htm   (1166 words)

  
 The Matrix Reloaded film movie trailer review at The Z Review
When you're in front of the camera, I think an actor works with their soul and their thought and the language comes.She (Persephone) was the daughter of Zeus and she was kidnapped by the king of the underworld, in Hades and she was allowed to come back into the living world.
I though they were great as they were, but it turns out that they were 'cropped' versions and now the official Matrix website has posted the posters in their entirity.
The Matrix sequels are not commented on that much in this interview with Aaliyah with Time Magazine, but she does touch on the subject and is worth a read.
www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/m/matrix2pre.htm   (6919 words)

  
 Weekly Poll Results: Favorite Female Matrix Character?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Our last Poll of the Week asked readers to vote on their favorite female character in The Matrix movie trilogy.
Persephone, wife of the Merovingian and kisser of Neo, stole second place with a highly respectable 325 votes.
Honestly, over the course of the poll's run time it was often hard to say whether Trinity or Persephone would conclude the poll in the lead.
mxovault.ign.com /pagetools/pagetools.php?act=printnews&id=1484   (182 words)

  
 Matrix Online (finally) jacks in - PC News at GameSpot
The Matrix Online is rated "T" for Teen and will retail for $49.99, with a subsequent monthly subscription fee of $14.99.
Gamers who preordered the game got access to it three days ahead of the general public, and their in-game characters received an advanced-level "hyper jump" ability.
Create custom characters by choosing one of three races, including the Accretia, a race of technologically advanced cyborgs; the Cora, a spiritual and mystical race that harnesses the power of magic; and the Bellato, who use their engineering skills to operate machines and mech units.
www.gamespot.com /pc/rpg/matrixonline/news_6120909.html   (553 words)

  
 Gaming Nexus
Choosing to place its focus on two new characters, Niobe, who appears in the Matrix Reloaded, and Ghost, an Asian badass who also appears in the movie but is never mentioned by name.
The movie's core cast, with the exception of brief appearances by Persephone, the Oracle, and Agent Smith, is notably absent.
In fact Enter the Matrix is actually a parody of itself in some respects, borrowing elements from many other games that have come into fruition since the release of the first movie.
www.gamingnexus.com /Review.asp?ID=259   (854 words)

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