What The Final Shot Of Doctor Strange 2 Means
Warning: Contains spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
The Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness leaves a lot of unanswered questions, but perhaps the biggest relates to why Doctor Strange has a third eye on his forehead in the final shot. The appearance of a Stephen Strange with a third eye was first teased in the Doctor Strange 2 trailers. However, the third eye only appeared on an apparently evil variant of Doctor Strange in an alternate reality.
In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) of Earth-616 travels with Christine Palmer (Rachel McAdams) to a reality that has suffered a severe incursion and in which Stephen Strange appears to be the only remaining survivor. These two versions of Doctor Strange face off against each other as Earth-616’s Strange tries to claim the Darkhold from the evil Doctor Strange. During evil Strange reveals the third eye on his forehead, but at the end of the movie, Earth-616’s Doctor Strange is seen with a third eye of his own, first in the final shot of the main movie when walking down the street seemingly at peace before collapsing in pain, and then again when Clea (Charlize Theron) informs him that he will be helping her to fix an incursion in the Doctor Strange 2 post-credits scene.
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In a range of real-world spiritual beliefs, the third eye (often depicted as being on an individual’s forehead) is a symbol of enlightenment. In some beliefs, this can lead to abilities to see beyond the visible world and even provide clairvoyance. However, within the Marvel comics the third eye, especially one associated with Doctor Stephen Strange, has a lore
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