The theme of the multiverse in the film Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) and Borges' "The Aleph": a comparative study
Keywords:
The Aleph, Everything Everywhere All at Once, the multiverse, the infinite, chaotic enumerationAbstract
The film Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) has captured the attention of audiences and critics alike with its dazzling stylistic complexity. Its central theme, the multiverse, as well as its narrative style are reminiscent of a famous short story by Jorge Luis Borges, "The Aleph", published in the volume of the same title in 1949. This paper will compare these two works in terms of their thematic, structural and narratological aspects, attempting to establish a relationship on these planes and to explore how the infinity of the multiverse is reproduced. The study concludes that the film and the short story are very similar in structure and theme, but both use different techniques of expression to achieve the effect of chaotic enumeration.
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