In religion the goat is often linked to the devil and in the media there are reports of exorcism of goats, and goats yelling like humans.
Did the devil take the form of a goat or was Philip possessed by him?
Is the goat just being a scapegoat in this movie or is there more to it?
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Resposta de jann
em 13 fevereiro 2017 às 9:46 PM
I'm pretty sure the goat WAS the devil. It's been awhile since I've seen the movie, but doesn't the goat speak at the end to Thomasin before suddenly he's in human form as the devil himself? A possession could be the same thing, but I remember having the impression that the goat was the devil the whole time, and when he appeared as a human at the end, the goat just wasn't there anymore.
Resposta de Dedoc1967
em 7 maio 2018 às 7:05 AM
I assumed it was possession, and likely occurred right before we first see Black Philip which has escaped and is dancing/kicking in the yard with the little children. This is also the first time we see (or hear of) the father fighting with the goat -- good vs evil. Didn't they have the goat for awhile? If it were the devil incarnate then why didn't it simply do what it did before?
Resposta de volkstraum
em 13 outubro 2018 às 5:07 PM
Perhaps the devil possessed the goat at the plantation and prompted the smaller childrens' incessant singing or just flat-out kept escaping its pen. In a hyper-paranoid society those factors could have been the grounds for banishment. All part of Satan's plan to get them out into the woods...