Squall-Lowliet, Kefka Monument to Nonexistance
The final battle against Kefka draws strong symbolism from Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, an epic poem in which Dante travels through Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. The first tier in the battle is represented by a demon, and in the Divine Comedy the first tier is Hell where Satan is entrapped up to his waist. The second tier of the battle contains beasts, people and machinery, which collectively represent Purgatory, the second tier in the Divine Comedy. The third tier is inspired by Michelangelo’s Pietà, a sculpture of Jesus’ body lying in Mary’s lap after he is crucified. This represents the third tier in the Divine Comedy, Heaven, with Rest and Lady in the positions of Jesus and Mary in the Pietà. The final tier in the Divine Comedy is when Dante comes face-to-face with God, who explains to him the meaning of life. This is reflected in Kefka, who has become the God of Magic and tells the Returners that life is meaningless.
Kefka himself appears to the Returners as a purple angel with four angelic wings and two dark demonic wings. This appearance draws parallels to Lucifer, the fallen angel that became Satan. One of Kefka’s attacks is “Fallen One”, which was later re-translated as “Heartless Angel”, both of which draw back to the idea of Kefka as a fallen angel. His signature attack is “Forsaken”, which again hearkens to Lucifer and his rebellion against God. Kefka’s six wings could be taken as a reference to the Seraph, the highest choir of angels with six wings. The background of the battle is a field of golden clouds with beams of light shining through them, symbolizing Heaven.Final Fantasy Wiki, Kefka Palazzo
La última batalla empieza no sin que Kefka, convertido en el dios de la magia, manifieste su deseo de erradicar no solo cualquier tipo de vida sino la existencia en si misma. Creo yo que la imaginería de La Divina Commedia de Dante se queda corta; es obvia la fuerza de Paradise Lost de John Milton.
Life…dreams…hope…Where do they come from? And where do they go? Such meaningless things…I’ll destroy them all!Kefka, durante la batalla final
Why do people insist on creating things that will inevitably be destroyed? Why do people cling to life knowing that they must someday die? Knowing that none of it will have meant anything once they do?Kefka, sobre la futilidad de la existencia
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