Evil flower

Rating: 10/10 (16 April 2020)

1. Color and clothing
The metaphor of color is the most common and obvious.
White, pink: white swan, Nina. Black: Black Swan, Mother, Lily, Beth. Grey: The only actor-Thomas, the artistic director of the dance company.
White: Nina 's pillows are black and white patterned, and in multiple dreaming overhead shots, her head is just resting on the center of the entangled black vine pattern; her snow-white scarf is fluffy and is a white swan feather The symbol of Ling is like a fledgling fledgling young bird. (This fluffy dress symbolizes purity, and I have seen it in "Single Man" not long ago: Kenny, who represents the Angel of Redemption, played by Nicholas Holt, is wearing such a soft white sweater.)
Pink: Almost all of Nina 's rooms are decorated in pink; on the first morning, the breakfast served by her mother was cut in half. Nina murmured like a little girl: "Pink, how beautiful!"
Nina's mobile phone appeared many times, and you can see the word "MOM" appearing on her mobile phone screen, the background color is pink.
When Nina curled up alone in the corridor to practice her arm movements, the scarf was pale pink.
After she was chosen as the "Queen of Swan", the fluffy scarf disappeared, a symbol of the fluff of chicks.
--However, when Nina was seduced by Thomas and was thrown, she sat in front of the mirror and wept. At that time, the fluffy scarf appeared again, it should be a metaphor for her to wander at this time, and returned to the state of shrinking chicks.
Gray: After she had frequent hallucinations, the top she wore when she was dancing changed from white to gray; her home clothes also became gray-grey penetrated Nina 's pink world.
In the bar, Lily gave Nina a black sexy vest. Nina put it outside the white dress. One night after taking the hallucinogenic drugs, Nina's sweater turned completely dark gray.
In Nina's "white period", her shoes were blunt, non-aggressive and ambitious gray cotton snow boots. In contrast to her were "black swan" Lily's gorgeous black leather boots.
2. Swan
The swan is a complex and strange image, which can represent purity, but it can also be a carnal incarnation: the god Zeus, the god of the gods of Sparta, was dumped by the beauty of Lida, the wife of Tingdarius of Sparta, and became a swan and his wild union. The swan's white carcass, soft long neck, soft feathers, and full-bodied body can also be regarded as the ultimate combination of female sexuality.
Another symbolism of the swan is the artist's poetic and beautiful incarnation. Sheng Sang's "Swan's Death" and the proverb "Swan Song" all use this meaning.
The image of the swan in this film is ubiquitous. Throughout the "Swan Lake" music, the whole film is like a musical. In addition, there are Nina's cell phone ringtones, and the music box with the swan lake rhythm and ballet villain.

In the last leap, Nina, who was completely white, finally returned to the pure white world (white sponge cushion) with the wound of the black swan.
"Perfect. I got perfect."
After experiencing the double suffering of spirit and flesh, the black swan and the white swan are united in the entanglement, creating a perfect situation and enjoying peace.