The Green Border between Monster and Human illustrated in Maleficent (2014) and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)

Abstract

Borders cannot be avoided and will always be present in everyday life. Border issues
may vary, starting from politics, geography, socio-economics, culture, and nature.
Not to mention, much literature and films expose border issues as the main themes.
Maleficent (2014) and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) depict the division between
humans and nature, with humans representing the kingdom and the Moorland
creatures as nature. This research employed a qualitative descriptive method with
a thematic approach to identify and explore the main ideas underlying the films.
This research found that the films highlight human behaviors like envy, lust, greed,
and craftiness, while fairies are marginalized. Understanding and trust are needed
to overcome border conflict, as seen in Phillip and Aurora’s wedding. This article
contributes to ecosystem preservation and future research in ecocriticism and
border issues. However, since this article only focuses on the ecological and border
issues, any other issues are ruled out.