A journey of a protagonist is often seen ending victorious due to proper moral teachings growing them as a person throughout their quest. The film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade demonstrates how guidance from a god-teacher during Indiana’s quest for the Holy Grail motivates proper morals that ultimately leads to a positive outcome. Elsa Schneider chooses to take on the quest for the Holy Grail with no god-teacher, she only has the example of greed and manipulation that is set by the Nazis which causes her to act immoral. Indiana Jones, on the other hand, is influenced by his father, Henry Jones Sr. on the quest for the Grail where he supports Indiana as a god-teacher through ultimately leaving him a moral character at the end of their quest.
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Due to the lack of positive guidance throughout Elsa’ quest, helping the Nazis manipulate and sabotage Indiana Jones, she is taught to believe that the search for the Holy Grail is for the achievement of power. When Indiana Jones and museum curator, Marcus Brody, arrive in Italy, in search of Indiana’s father, Elsa manipulates him for the diary that illustrates where the Holy Grail is located. With this intention to manipulate Indiana in order to help the Nazi pursue of power, it is fair to say that the god-teacher role that Hitler is for Elsa teaches her to be immoral for a misguided sense of the greater good. The effect that Elsa experiences from Hitler’s lack of moral teachings clearly has a negative influence that leads her to death even after watching the death of her accomplice Walter Donovan. In order for Elsa to feel the sense of accomplishment, she believes the Holy Grail must be in her hands. The film leaves Elsa manipulating Donovan by purposely giving him the wrong chalice, then, in her greed, ignores the knight’s warning and steps over the seal, causing the cave to begin collapsing. Elsa had developed as a character that ultimately manipulates others for her wellbeing as seen being the root of Donovan’s death. Unfortunately, Elsa seeks out for the Grail with poor intentions, immoral beliefs, and lack of guidance leading her manipulating others that ultimately still leads her to failure and
Due to the lack of positive guidance throughout Elsa’ quest, helping the Nazis manipulate and sabotage Indiana Jones, she is taught to believe that the search for the Holy Grail is for the achievement of power. When Indiana Jones and museum curator, Marcus Brody, arrive in Italy, in search of Indiana’s father, Elsa manipulates him for the diary that illustrates where the Holy Grail is located. With this intention to manipulate Indiana in order to help the Nazi pursue of power, it is fair to say that the god-teacher role that Hitler is for Elsa teaches her to be immoral for a misguided sense of the greater good. The effect that Elsa experiences from Hitler’s lack of moral teachings clearly has a negative influence that leads her to death even after watching the death of her accomplice Walter Donovan. In order for Elsa to feel the sense of accomplishment, she believes the Holy Grail must be in her hands. The film leaves Elsa manipulating Donovan by purposely giving him the wrong chalice, then, in her greed, ignores the knight’s warning and steps over the seal, causing the cave to begin collapsing. Elsa had developed as a character that ultimately manipulates others for her wellbeing as seen being the root of Donovan’s death. Unfortunately, Elsa seeks out for the Grail with poor intentions, immoral beliefs, and lack of guidance leading her manipulating others that ultimately still leads her to failure and