Weekly Movie Review: Pan's Labyrinth

[KillSmiley]

*HERE THERE BE SPOILERS*

This whole movie is open to interpretation, but the sequence with the Pale Man (the monster with eyes in his hands) is one of the more discussed portions. I've heard people say that Ophelia eating the grapes was meant to be a reference to Eve and the Fall, which makes sense. Personally, I think it relates to the film's parallel plots. Basically, whatever happens to Ophelia in the fantasy world then happens to Mercedes, the house servant, in the real world. Remember, Mercedes is caught because she snuck into the storehouse once too often.

What I've never understood is a) how she knew where to find the dagger and b) what significance that has to the rest of the movie. Any ideas?

*YARR, SPOILERS END*