Talk:Southern Oracle

Sentence Structure in Section: 'In the movie'

The following sentence doesn't seem to really make any sense:

"The first door judges whether the person attempting to pass through it "feels his own worth," and if the person is found wanting the two sphinxes open their eyes and unleash bolts of yellow light from their eyes that kill him."

Specifically, the second part doesn't really form a complete thought and/or explain what is going on. I haven't seen the movie in a long time so I can't modify/fix it, but it doesn't make any sense.

66.156.79.73 23:27, 7 April 2007 (UTC) Richman777

Well, this is what happens in the movie, only badly written...

The sphinxes' eyes stay closed until someone who doesn't feel his own worth tries to pass through the gate. The sphinxes look straight in the heart, therefore fancy armor can't help. If the person does not feel his own worth, if he doubts that he can pass through the gate, the sphinxes open their eyes and shoot him. This almost happened to Atreyu, when he got scared upon seeing what remained of the warrior who got killed by the sphinxes, and the sphinxes start to open their eyes, but he managed to quickly pass through the gate at the last moment.