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Religion in The Black Robe

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In the film, "The Black Robe," there were a number of conflicts between the French Jesuits and the Natives. The Jesuit missionaries are obviously trying to encourage the natives to embrace Christianity. In this film there is an obvious clash of cultures and a lot of suspicion, prejudice, and distrust, between the natives and French. There id also a lot of contemplation on whether or not to kill Black Robe due to these suspicions. The natives saw Black Robes as, "demons," threatening the gods and sorceries which ordered their lives. With all of this being said, it makes it hard to believe that the French Jesuits and the natives could have ever had a harmonious relationship with one another. Once one of the natives, Montagnais Shaman, accuses Laforgue of being the devil, he is able to persuade the Algonquin's to abandon Laforgue and Daniel. The real conflict arises when one of the Algonquin Indians tries to shoot Daniel, after he has left Laforuge, and gone back to the natives to be with his love. There is obvious tension between these two cultures, and not much has to happen to have fighting or killing. However, it was not like this for all native tribes. Even though most had their doubts about the French and their beliefs, they understood that they were accepting of all people who were willing to learn their teachings. Though they had their issues with each other, peace was not impossible. After the natives abandoned Laforuge, Chomina begins to feel guilty; Chomina goes back to search for him with a few other Algonquin natives, and Daniel. Another tribe of Indians captured Laforgue, Chomina, and the few that followed him for trespassing on ground that was once theirs. They all took sacrifices for one another, to help them escape the Iroquois tribe that was torturing them. They did not believe in what the French were trying to persuade the other Natives to believe in. Along with that, they did not like that another tribe of Natives w

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