The Seventh Seal

Diary Entry forThe Seventh Seal

grimmer
Tuesday, 10 August 2021

Death follows everywhere you go, it’s unavoidable and inevitable. You can’t even beat death at chess, he will cheat and find a way to win. The idea of the chess board being pieces of Antonius Block life is very interesting, with death slowly taking away piece by piece. The result of the game can never change, by the order the pieces are moved in can be.

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