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Morpheus ('Fashioner', derived from the Ancient Greek: μορφή meaning 'form, shape') [1] is a god associated with sleep and dreams. In Ovid 's Metamorphoses he is the son of Somnus (Sleep, the Roman counterpart of Hypnos ) and appears in dreams in human form.
Morpheus (/ ˈ m ɔːr f i ə s /) is a fictional character in The Matrix franchise. [2] He is portrayed by Laurence Fishburne in the first three films, and in the video game The Matrix: Path of Neo, where he was the only original actor to reprise his character's voice. [3]
Morpheus's description of the Matrix creating a sense that something is fundamentally wrong, "like a splinter in your mind", has been compared to gender dysphoria. [184] In the original script, Switch was a woman in the Matrix and a man in the real world, but this idea was removed.
Fishburne is perhaps best known for his role as Morpheus, the hacker-mentor of Neo, played by Keanu Reeves, in the 1999 blockbuster science fiction film The Matrix. [20] Fishburne provided the voice of Thrax in Osmosis Jones in 2001. He reprised his role as Morpheus in the Matrix sequels The Matrix Reloaded, [29] and The Matrix Revolutions in ...
The films focus on the plight of Neo (Keanu Reeves), Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) trying to free humanity from the system while pursued by its guardians, such as Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving, Abdul-Mateen II, and Jonathan Groff).
In the Greek tradition, Hypnos (Sleep) was the brother of Thanatos (Death), and the son of Nyx (Night). [7] According to Hesiod, Sleep, along with Death, live in the underworld, [8] while in the Homeric tradition, although "the land of dreams" was located on the road to the underworld, near the great world-encircling river Oceanus, nearby the city of Cimmerians, [9] Sleep himself lived on the ...
Morpheus first appeared in Moon Knight #12 (Aug. 1981), and was created by Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz.The character subsequently appeared in Moon Knight #22-23 (August–September 1982), Moon Knight vol. 2 #3 (Sept. 1985), Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #18 (June 1990), and Moon Knight: Resurrection War #2-4 (Feb.–April 1998).
Mr. Reagan (a.k.a. Cypher) (played by Joe Pantoliano) is a central character in The Matrix.In the film, he regrets being "unplugged" and entering the real world. He betrays the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar, offering to give up Morpheus to the Agents in exchange for being inserted back into the Matrix with no memory of his time outside the Matrix.