Trinity (The Matrix)
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| Trinity | |
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| The Matrix character | |
| First appearance | The Matrix |
| Last appearance | The Matrix Revolutions |
| Created by | Wachowski Brothers |
| Portrayed by | Carrie-Anne Moss (films), Jennifer Hale (voice in The Matrix: Path of Neo) |
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| Nickname(s) | Trin |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | Late 30s |
| Title | Second in Command of the Nebuchadnezzar |
| Spouse(s) | Neo (deceased lover) |
Trinity is a fictional character in The Matrix universe, played by Carrie-Anne Moss in the films. In the gameplay segments of Path of Neo, she is voiced by Jennifer Hale. Trinity first appears in the original Matrix film and is a major character throughout the trilogy.
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[edit] Character Overview
Like the series' other principal characters, Trinity is a computer programmer and a hacker who has escaped from the Matrix, a sophisticated computer program in which most of the human race is imprisoned. Though few specifics are revealed about her previous life inside the Matrix, we are told that Morpheus, one of a number of real-world hovercraft commanders, initially identified her and helped her escape from the program. At the beginning of the series, she is first mate on Morpheus' Nebuchadnezzar and serves mainly as a go-between for him and the individuals he wishes to free from the Matrix. As the series progresses, her primary importance as a character becomes her close relationship with Neo. She is skilled with computers and in the exaggerated form of combat common to real-worlders (commonly referred to as rebels) operating inside the virtual reality of the Matrix.
[edit] Role in the films
[edit] In The Matrix
We first meet Trinity at the beginning of The Matrix, in a phone conversation with Cypher, which is heard offscreen. This cuts to a dingy hotel room a chase scene between Trinity and a group of police officers and Agents, a series of programs that police the Matrix against rebels.
Trinity is next seen communicating with Neo for Morpheus in several encounters. Eventually, she and the rest of the Nebuchadnezzar crew unplug Neo from the Matrix and begin his training as a new recruit in the war against the machines. She participates in several missions into the Matrix, including taking Neo to The Oracle, a computer program inside the Matrix who is said by the rebels to have supernatural powers.
Throughout the film, it is apparent that Trinity has developed romantic feelings for Neo. Near the end of the film, after he is killed by Agent Smith in the Matrix, she speaks to his still-plugged-in body and reveals that the Oracle told her that she "would fall in love, and... the man who [she] loved would be The One," a prophesied individual with superpowers inside the Matrix. She insists that he can't be dead, because she is in love with him, then kisses him, whereupon he miraculously wakes up. Neo defeats the Agents and the film ends.[1]This marks the beginning of a romantic relationship between Neo and Trinity which will prove decisive in the outcome of the series.
[edit] In The Matrix Reloaded
Trinity's importance as an individual character in the first sequel to The Matrix is fairly minimal for the first half of the film, though she appears in almost every scene. She aids in the rescue of the Keymaker from the Merovingian and in the subsequent escape, but her real role in the plot does not come into play until the climax of the story, where Neo is forced, at least ostensibly, to choose between saving Trinity and saving Zion, the underground city where the last humans not living in the Matrix reside. Motivated by his individual love for Trinity, where all of the five previous Ones were motivated by a profound general attachment to humanity as a whole, Neo chooses to save Trinity, and revives her after she is shot by an Agent.
[edit] In The Matrix Revolutions
In the final installment of the Matrix series, Trinity is involved in the rescue of Neo from a cut-off segment of the Matrix, where he is being held by the Trainman, a program in the employ of the Merovingian who helps transfer programs from the Machine City into the Matrix. Once reunited, Neo states his decision to go to the Machine City in the real world, eventually arriving there despite the attempts of Neo's foe Smith (who managed to possess the body of 'redpill' Bane). Although Neo is blinded in the subsequent confrontation, Smith is defeated, and Trinity subsequently pilots Neo to the Machine City. Unfortunately, she is fatally injured upon arrival, but, in her last moments of life, gently assures Neo that he has to go on, and that she is grateful for having these last few hours to say goodbye to him. With her death, Neo gains the courage to make the final sacrifice for humanity, giving his life to defeat Smith and thus negotiate a truce with the Machines.
[edit] Other portrayals
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In "Enter the Matrix", Trinity appears in a scene where she faces off against Ghost in a practice spar, the two subsequently discussing their shared belief that Neo can defeat the Machines despite the absurdity of the concept. Over the course of the game, it is heavily implied, although never expressly stated, that Ghost is in love with Trinity, but that she only regards him as a brother (They were both freed from the Matrix at around the same time).
Her role in "The Matrix: Path of Neo" is relatively similar to her appearances with Neo in the films; she has a spar with him during his sword-fighting training, accompanies him during the raid on the military building to rescue Morpheus (Subsequently helping him to defeat an Agent on the rooftop), and is later rescued by him from some attacking Agents after the last meeting with the assorted ship captains.
Trinity also makes appearances in "The Matrix Online", as well as The Animatrix and The Matrix Comics.
[edit] Derivation of name
The name "Trinity" is heavily associated with Christian theology, which states that one can receive eternal life through the Trinity: God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.[2]Trinity is also the force who revives Neo after his death in the first film, implying a further parallel between her character and the Christian God.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Trinity at the Internet Movie Database
[edit] Sources
- ^ [1] Complete transcript of the first Matrix film
- ^ [2] Sparknotes analysis of major characters
- ^ [3] Parallels between the Matrix and Christianity
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