The Big Picture At the end of Dune: Part Two, Paul Atreides commands that his legions of Fremen should be led to “paradise,” the beginning of a holy war that will sweep across the known universe. It’s a wave of violence Paul has foreseen since his arrival on Arrakis and spent so long trying to avoid. But the prophecy that led a young duke's rise to leadership among the Fremen is too powerful a force to be controlled once unleashed.
Paul and his mother, the Lady Jessica of the Bene Gesserit, both take advantage of the prophecy in order to survive, though not without reservations due to the ferocity of the Fremen’s battle prowess – and the intensity of their belief. In the novel, as in the film, Paul ultimately sees his efforts to prevent a Fremen jihad in his name as hopeless, but he still plays his part as the Lisan al Gaib to avenge his murdered father and take the throne from Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV.
This descent of Paul’s across three books illustrates a key notion of Dune, at least in its initial trilogy: the dangers of surrendering our thinking to charismatic leaders. As heroic as Paul is and as righteous as his and the Fremen’s cause appears to be at first, slavish devotion to him offers no checks on his power and awakens impulses he can’t manage. Or, as Herbert himself once put it: “The bottom line of is: beware of heroes. Much better rely on your own judgment, and your own mistakes.
Before that ending, the skeptics among the Fremen have ample opportunity to voice their contempt for religious prophecies and, in Chani’s case, their fear of being manipulated and enslaved by such legends. Paul himself is more resistant to any trappings of the Lisan al Gaib figure, for much longer.
Related Watch Denis Villeneuve Explain How Timothée Chalamet Could Ride a Sandworm in 'Dune: Part Two' The Mahdi is humble. The Antihero Concept Is Muddled by Dune: Part Two’s Changes From the Book Close Too much talk stressing Dune’s hero caution without sufficient support is an ironic pitfall for Dune: Part Two to fall into, given Villeneuve’s stated frustration with overreliance on dialogue.
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