What could connect two personalities as contrasting as Kratos and Robert Oppenheimer? Several decades of distance separate both figures and there are enough differences not to discern any thread, but there really is a phrase that links them in a dramatic way. The scientist made it famous and Santa Monica Studio used it, although he hid it in such a way that it was almost impossible to find it. First, however, it is necessary to offer a dose of context.
When Robert Oppenheimer was in his Los Alamos Laboratory, along with a brutal group of scientific experts, he still did not understand the magnitude of the invention they were about to create. The appearance of the atomic bomb was interpreted in World War II as the weapon that would end all warsthanks to its deterrent nature, although the other side of the coin is nuclear disaster.
An atomic bombing between powers is the equivalent of the extinction of the human race, and although that extreme has not occurred, the devastating consequences of a couple of impacts have. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the two objectives set by the United States to stop Japan’s war intentions, which caused Little Boy and Fat Man to cause the death of almost 250,000 people.
Christopher Nolan knew how to reflect in Oppenheimer how the nuclear physicist was devastated by the destruction that, in his opinion, he himself had caused. During the last years of his life he could not get that idea out of his head and he reflected it perfectly during his appearance on television in 1965, chatting about the Trinity Test.
“We knew the world would not be the same. Some people laughed, others cried. Most were silent. I remember a verse from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, in which Vishnu assumes his multi-armed form to persuade the prince to does his duty, and says: ‘Now I have become death, the destroyer of worlds.’ I suppose we all think that, in one way or another.
Two years later, Oppenheimer died in Princeton, New Jersey, and that Cita del Bhagavad Gita It was left for later, as it perfectly portrays the vision of a man struck by guilt. The importance of the Hindu text is not minor, since we are talking about a compilation of about 700 verses included in the poem. Mahabharata and which is considered fundamental in the field of theology and religion worldwide.
These lines narrate a dialogue between the warrior prince Arjuna and Krishna, an incarnation of the deity Vishnu. At one point, Arjuna must go against an army that includes both family and friends, which generates a great internal conflict. Krishna teaches him a lesson about pursuing duty in the face of any kind of personal quarrel, also called dharma. The Reverend Dr. Stephen Thompson explained to WIRED that Oppenheimer’s quote “‘I have become death, the destroyer of worlds’ is literally the time that destroys the planet.”
This is because the quote can be interpreted with both the term “time” and “death”, since Hindus do not have a linear conception of time. The great god plays the same role in both creation and destruction and the final reading of verse thirty-two of the Bhagavad Gita only reflects that it does not matter what Arjuna does, since the divine is the one who sets the designs.
“Arjuna is a soldier, it is his duty to fight. Krishna, not Arjuna, will determine who lives and who dies and Arjuna must not weep or rejoice over what fate has in store for him, but must be sublimely detached from such results. And, Ultimately, the most important thing is that he must be a devotee of Krishna. His faith will save Arjuna’s soul,” Thompson clarifies. Even with those, it seems evident that the message did not know how to alleviate Oppenheimer’s sorrows.
Kratos’ future torture
Once the meaning and context of the famous quote is understood, it is time to frame it in the universe of God of War. Sony knew it had a diamond on its hands in 2007, as the success of Santa Monica Studio’s first installment had shaken the PS2. Although Kratos’ journey seemed self-contained, the truth is that the sequel set the bar even higher to show how the Ghost of Sparta destroyed the entire plethora of Olympian gods.
Betrayed by Zeus, Athena and with no greater motivation than the purest revenge, the Spartan embarks on a long journey to get an audience with the Sisters of Destiny. Halfway along the way she stops at the temple of Laquésis, a place where she can confront beings from mythology like Perseus in search of new abilities. The curious thing is that there is a fairly hidden Easter egg just past the Hall of Atropos that will show us the phrase “I have become death, the destroyer of worlds”… in the middle of the sky. To do this, you must follow the following steps described in the video just below.
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Basically, shortly after finishing Perseus you have to press R1 on the DualShock 2 at three specific points, which have marks on the ground. If we do it correctly, the camera will rotate to show the message written in the air and Kratos will receive 5,000 red orbs to improve his powers. A warning that very few could see, since there are no very obvious clues that indicate that this secret can be discovered.
Of course, Kratos is not yet aware of the great damage he is going to cause, but he already has a glimpse of it at the end of God of War 2. During his battle against Zeus, Athena appears at the last moment to help the lord of Olympus and In a fit of fury, Kratos pierces the goddess of intelligence with the Sword of Olympus. She dies in her arms as he reminds her that she does not seek to destroy the home of the deities, but only Zeus. However, Athena explains to him that the god represents Olympus itselfso his sons and brothers will fight for him until death.
Kratos replies that “he asked for it”, but that is simply the excuse he uses to not reconsider his actions. Obviously, in God of War 3 chaos is completely unleashed with the fall of Hades, Poseidon, Hera and company, although Kratos does regret all the damage he has caused. He truly becomes the destroyer of worlds, as all of Greece is ravaged by destruction. That is why he sacrifices himself to release the power of hope to all beings in a final act of redemption… until the journey to Scandinavian lands.
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