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You heard the news that you're dead?
No one ever had much nice to say.
Created on 2007-05-26 03:20:32 (#13022341), last updated 2007-05-26
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Basic Info| Name: | Hector Barbossa |
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Background [Source: Wikipedia]:
Little is known about Barbossa before he joins the Black Pearl. His name indicates a possible Portuguese and/or Spanish ancestry though he speaks with an English West Country accent. In the "Becoming Barbossa" featurette on the "Lost Disc", Rush shared his personal take on Barbossa's history; his family was very poor, and he ran away from home when he was 13. He went to the sea, saw how well the captains and officers lived and decided to become a captain himself. At first, he wanted to be an honest seamen, but later he recognized that it would be easier for him to make a career if he broke laws, and so he became a pirate.
Barbossa has a fondness for apples which appear throughout the film. He offers one to Elizabeth and later tells her that when the curse is lifted he wants to eat a whole bushel of them. There are also apples on the table in his cabin, and when he dies at the end, an apple rolls from his hand as he had brought it along to eat when the curse was about to be lifted. His cameo appearance in Dead Man's Chest also shows him with his favorite fruit. This representation of the apple could have a number of symbolic meanings: the deadly fruit that Eve partook from a snake, or the devil's apple (referenced in a comment in the film, "A man so evil that Hell itself spat him back out"). Or perhaps from Disney itself with the infamous apple from their cartoon classic, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in which the evil queen attempted to kill Snow White with a poisoned apple. Indeed, when Elizabeth is offered an apple, she mistakenly believes it's poisoned. Most obviously it is a Vanitas style reference, particularly apt for a character incapable of dying. Apart from symbolism, it may be that one of Barbossa's greatest pleasures is apples and years of being unable to feel, smell, or taste has turned a pleasure into a constant craving.
According to the audio commentary from the first Pirates of the Caribbean DVD featuring the scriptwriters, Barbossa and Norrington are equally skilled with a sword. They tie as second-best, after Will Turner. (This was evidenced in the first film as the crew were hesitant to attack Barbossa, even all at once.) Geoffrey Rush comments that Barbossa supposedly used a sword from a very young age, possibly as early as 13.
Name: Hector Barbossa
Age: Not Stated
Timeline: End of Dead Man's Chest
Personality and other: A cold and gruff captain, he was formerly captain of the Black Pearl. Before the mutiny of Jack Sparrow, he was Sparrow's first mate. He was cursed after stealing Aztec gold and spent a large chunk of time hunting down the cursed medallions. After he had collected the gold and was about to free his crew and himself from the curse, he entered a duel with Sparrow. During the duel, Will Turner freed the pirates from the curse and Barbossa was mortally wounded.
He returned at the end of Dead Man's Chest to help bring Jack Sparrow back from Davy Jones's Locker, but suddenly disappeared and found himself in a very strange and new world.
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