Persephone (The Matrix)

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Persephone
Merovingian

Persephone is a fictional character in

infidelities).[2][3]

Films

In

The Merovingian, her husband. Though her husband declines to help the human resistance, Persephone is sexually attracted to Neo and offers to help him if he kisses her with the same passion with which he has kissed Trinity. Reluctantly, he complies and she helps him free the Keymaker
. Later, she kills one of her husband's employees.

In

Club Hel to free Neo from the Train Station, simply because she is in love. This suggests that Persephone perceives and understands love, and may be disheartened by the cynicism of her husband, who seems to be driven solely by greed and lust
.

In The Matrix Resurrections, Persephone makes a quick cameo appearance through archive footage from Reloaded while Neo remembers his past adventures sixty years after bringing peace to humans and Machines. While the Merovingian and some of his henchmen are revealed to have survived The Analyst's purge over the Matrix, Persephone's status is unconfirmed.

Enter the Matrix

In the video game

Morpheus, or Ghost's unrequited love
for Trinity. She apparently takes deep pleasure in sampling the emotions of others.

The Matrix Online

In the MMO The Matrix Online, Persephone gave the location of the Assassin's hide-out to Zion operatives in a critical mission relating to the Death Of A Destroyer event.

Cultural references

The character's name is taken from that of

Ceres), and whom Hades took to the underworld
to be his queen.

Before shooting her husband's employee in The Matrix Reloaded, Persephone wonders aloud, "How many people keep silver bullets in their gun?", implying that the employee is a werewolf. In behind-the-scenes footage, Persephone herself is compared to a "vampire that seeks after emotions" by actress Monica Bellucci.

In popular culture

In a 2012 survey by Empire Cinemas, Persephone was listed among the sexiest characters in cinema.[4]

Likewise, Nettavisen declared in 2009 that the role of Persephone qualified Monica Bellucci as one of the 25 sexiest women of all time.[5]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-8264-1587-5
    . Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. ISBN 978-1-84150-424-7
    . Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  3. ISBN 978-0-292-70954-6
    . Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  4. ^ "The Sexiest Characters In Cinema - The Women". Empire Cinemas. 2012. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  5. ^ Elisabeth Gilje (13 July 2009). "Tidenes mest sexy kvinner" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. Retrieved 7 June 2015. The Italian beauty's role as Persephone in "The Matrix Reloaded" from 2003 qualifies her as one of the 25 sexiest women of all time.

External links

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