The Prince of Egypt/Headscratchers

• Minor thing. But the fact that Tzipporah's youngest sister constantly has a scarf covering half of her face has always struck me as an odd choice of character design. And I remember thinking this when I watched the film at my tender, single-digit age. Why does she wear a headscarf when no one else does? Is it like how little kids can get fanatically attached to a particular piece of clothing? Is her face horribly injured? It's also odd because in the West we're always taught to think that a woman's headscarf is a sign of oppression (which I do not buy into). It's just... weird.
  • Judging by the fact that she lives next to a desert, its probably a good way of stopping dust entering the lungs. Maybe she is the only one who has asthma?
    • As the scarf moves, we can see the rest of her face in a couple shots. She looks fine.
  • Bear in mind that other people don't always buy into any of that oppressive symbolism either, especially when the men are wearing scarves too. Also, you may recall there had recently been a sandstorm. The only real question is why we don't see the other characters wearing them more often.
  • It may also just be their way of portraying her as a shy girl, kind of like the way Violet always had her hair draped over her face in The Incredibles until she got more confident and learned to stick up for herself.

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• Regarding the Pharaoh's Genocide Backfire: if Aaron is Moses' brother, wouldn't that mean that he would be the one targeted by the Egyptian soldiers? I mean, HE'S the firstborn, not Moses.
  • You're getting it mixed up. The tenth plague was the first born. Pharaoh's genocide was to kill whoever was recently born at that moment, so presumably Aaron was clearly older than that when Pharaoh did his thing.
  • And he was. Aaron is shown during those events as just past a toddler.
    • I'd put Aaron as four or five just based on looks.
      • You guys are forgetting that the jews did not experience any of the plagues, (infact they didn't even see them), not only that but the jews, as instructed by god put lamb's blood on all their doorposts so they wouldn't "suffer the destroyer to come into your houses and smite you"

• How was Baby Moses not injured or at the very least crying after his little journey down the Nile? Let's recap what happened: He's nearly nommed on by crocs and hippos, he's battered by oars of fishermen quite violently, he's hoisted up in a net before plunging back into the Nile to complete the journey. When he's taken out of the basket, he's cheerful, having seemingly forgotten what had just happened.
  • God was protecting him?
  • God and, of course, a script-writer. Chances are the real Moses didn't have such a rough ride, but there's nothing like a bit of Mood Whiplash to help set the tone for the rest of the film, in which we get to see all of Egypt's grandiose architecture and terrible cruelty side by side.
• Why did Seti accuse his son, Ramses of nearly bringing down a dynasty just because he accidentally demolished a statue? Seems kinda harsh. What is he, a drama queen? "You dumped wine all over the floor!? YOU ARE BRINGING DOWN MY DYNASTY!!"
  • Because he thinks it's a portent of things to come. He sees Ramses as someone who prefers fast chariots, pranks and a life of luxury than actually running a country.
    • Because if you give absolute power to someone for life you are playing a lottery. If you give it to his heir and his heir and so on, something's got to give.
  • @ OP- Remember, Ramses just ruined a statue/temple that likely took a good few decades to build, so he just added another few decades just to get it back to how it was in the first place. Seti's afraid that Ramses' seeming recklessness and apparent apathy toward the station he'll have to bear later will spell Egypt's doom.
  • In mythology, damaging a God's statue is generally considered Serious Business - and Gods generally aren't subtle in showing their displeasure.

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