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Name: Instructor: Course Title: Date: Iris Murdoch the Sovereignty of Good and Equilibrium the Movie Overview of Equilibrium Film The movie Equilibrium depicts a small nation named Libria that was established by the survivors of the World War II and which required the citizens to take injections of a drug named Prozium II. The drug is a mandatory requirement by the state to the public intended to suppress feelings and emotions and to encourage obedience and loyalty from people. Every material and substance that is stimulating and which triggers emotion is illegalized and the Libria government deploys trained forces to arrest offenders of both the laws – and those who fail to take the drug Prozium II. According to the Libria government, emotion is the cause of every conflict, tyranny and war and Prozium II is administered to citizens to eliminate emotions and feelings and to make people allegiant to the state. The Libria city-state is governed by the Tetragrammaton Council which is headed by a character named Father (Sean Pertwee) and which seeks to lead the state in a restricted and a highly bureaucratic manner. Father is only seen on giant screens across the State giving speeches and addressing the citizens of Libria. The Equilibrium film further shows there is a law enforcement team of Tetragrammaton clerics trained in a special martial way. The martial training is called gun kata, and it is intended to bring to law the violators of Prozium II who are dubbed ‘Sense Offenders' and to bring to book citizens that interact with contemporary forms of art like music, literature, art and other elements of ‘freedom of expression.’ It is important, however, to
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