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The still-beating heart of Davy Jones, buried in the Dead Man's Chest.

The still-beating heart of Davy Jones, buried in the Dead Man's Chest.

"I will be free. And when I am, I would give you my heart. And we would be together always. If only you had a heart to give."
―Calypso to Davy Jones[src]

The heart was an organ that pumped blood through the body of certain species, including humans and animals. In humans, the heart is approximately the size of a closed fist and is located between the lungs, in the middle compartment of the chest. When an individual became physically active, excited or ill, their heart rate could rise significantly. If the heart ever stopped beating completely, death ensued. The word "heart" also referred to a person's personality or disposition.

History[]

"There is a fire burning in your heart. It will not cease until you have vanquished it, or it has consumed you. I can see it with my third eye. It burns bright red—like a ruby."
―Dark-haired woman to Carina Smyth[src]

Legend had it that a tortured soul called Davy Jones lived beneath the sea, his still-beating heart locked away in the Dead Man's Chest.[1][2] In another version of the story, Jones was once an ordinary man and a mortal Scottish pirate until he was deserted and betrayed by the woman he loved, the sea goddess Calypso, eventually tearing his broken heart—a heart that betrayed him—from his body, and literally locked it away in a chest,[3] along with precious mementos of his lost love.[4] There was also the dreadful consequences of stabbing Jones's disembodied heart, a geis cast upon by Jones himself, that if someone were to stab the heart, they would take his place as the new captain of the Flying Dutchman.[5][6] Davy Jones then returned to the seven seas, where sailors would now fear the cruel cursed captain of the Dutchman to the death,[3] and he soon began to transform from human to monster, something more suited to his now-heartless state.[4]

When Pablo, the Viceroy of Zaragona, rewarded the young girl Carmelita Lopez with a box of jewels for orchestrating the demise of the pirate crew of the Sea Demon, the parrot Bartholomew, formerly owned by the pirate Mr. Bleek, quickly flapped on the viceroy's shoulder, loudly squawking "Gold and jewels, gold and jewels." Carmelita then apologized for the parrot, stating that he was a pirate at heart.[7]

Armando Salazar, a notorious Spaniard and pirate hunter of the Spanish Navy nicknamed "El Matador Del Mar" in Spanish translated to "The Butcher of the Sea" in English,[8] struck fear into the hearts of all those who sailed the seas under the Jolly Roger,[9] destroying many pirate ships with his ship, the formidable Silent Mary. During a sea battle, Salazar's second in command, Lieutenant Lesaro, spotted a few surviving pirates in the water, begging for mercy, Salazar told Lesaro the story about the downfall of his family and said there would be no mercy. As Lesaro ordered the soldiers to shoot the survivors in the water, Salazar believed that the black pirate flags would no longer stain the seas, and his heart finally knew peace.[10]

Don Rafael, a weathered Spaniard and the Pirate Lord of the Caribbean, affectionately called his granddaughter Esmeralda "mi corazón", which in Spanish translated to "my heart" in English.[11][12] Esmeralda called Jack Sparrow mi corazón when the youngsters surrendered to passion in the captain's cabin of Jack's father, Captain Edward Teague.[13] Jack himself called Esmeralda mi corazón about five years later, following the attack on the Wicked Wench.[14]

At the beginning of the quest for the Shadow Gold, the young Spaniard Diego de Leon asked the crew of the Black Pearl to help him save the runaway Spanish princess Carolina from a fate of being married off to a governor. At first, the First Mate Hector Barbossa and Captain Jack Sparrow refused Diego's request, saying that the pirates were not "bleeding-heart-do-gooder-Robin-Hood-hero types" and were not a rescue party, but Sparrow had a change of heart when the boy revealed the Spanish galleon that Carolina was on was also carrying chests of gold.[15] A few months later, when Toolajee's plan to poison his half brother Sri Sumbhajee was revealed, the Indian Pirate Lord was so impressed that he decided to make Toolajee his heir, and his assistant Askay loudly declared that Sumbhajee had seen Tolajee's heart and knew he was a true pirate.[16] In Captain Jack Sparrow's opinion, his kohl-lined eyes were tasteful, awe-inspiring, and, on occasion, ideal for striking terror in the hearts of his enemies. While in a conversation with the French Pirate Lord Chevalle, Jack claimed the French always over-romanticized everything, and their hearts fluttered wildly for fine wine and fancy dogs.[17]

At some point in the Age of Piracy, Edward "Blackbeard" Teach was described as Angelica's "heartbroken father" who dearly loved Angelica's mother, and brought their newborn child to a nearby Spanish convent upon her mother's untimely passing.[18][19][20] Angelica lived in the Spanish convent until she met Jack Sparrow, who abandoned her and broke her heart.[21] Legend had it that Angelica was the only woman Jack Sparrow ever truly loved, but whether she broke his heart or he smote hers was an endless debate between the two pirates.[22][23]

As the British Royal Navy warship the HMS Dauntless sailed for Port Royal, the young passenger Elizabeth Swann openly declared to her father Governor Weatherby Swann and Lieutenant James Norrington that she thought it would be exciting to meet a pirate; though her father tried to dissuade her,[24] in her heart, Elizabeth still wished to meet a pirate someday.[25] Thereupon, when young Will Turner, the son of William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner and the only survivor of a pirate attack on a British merchant vessel Princess, was brought onboard, Elizabeth's heart raced with excitement and worry.[26] Eight years later, after Elizabeth was kidnapped by the crew aboard the Black Pearl by Captain Hector Barbossa, Will Turner made a deal with Jack Sparrow to, in the latter's words, "brave all, hasten to her rescue, and so, win fair lady's heart." Barbossa gave Elizabeth a red dress to wear until he later requested it back as she was sent to walk the plank, with Elizabeth telling the pirate captain, "Goes with your black heart."[24] At the same time, Elizabeth thought of Barbossa as a monster, a soulless undead beast, trapped in the bloated body of a pirate who had sacrificed his honor to mutiny and his heart to greed.[27] During the attempt by Barbossa's undead crew to lift the Aztec curse, Barbossa shot his own crewman Pintel right through the heart, but the undead pirate remained standing firmly.[28] Following an escape attempt by Will Turner to save Jack Sparrow from hanging at Fort Charles, Elizabeth stood by Will in protecting Jack from Commodore James Norrington. Knowing his rival in love had beaten him, Commodore Norrington asked Elizabeth if this was where her heart truly lied, and accepted defeat nobly.[24]

During the search for the Dead Man's Chest, there were several individuals who set their sights on retrieving the fabled Dead Man's Chest, which contained the still-beating heart of Davy Jones, buried on Isla Cruces in the Caribbean Sea. Although it was fought for by Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, and James Norrington,[29][2] the heart eventually came into the possession of Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company,[2] who used it to control Davy Jones and the Flying Dutchman in his ruthless campaign to destroy pirates of the seven seas, namely the Brethren Court.[30][3] The dreadful consequences of stabbing Jones' heart were revealed,[5] notably known by Sparrow and Turner, prior to a battle between the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman, where Jones died after his heart was stabbed by Turner through Sparrow's manipulation. Now the new captain of the Dutchman,[3] Will Turner's heart was carved out by his father Bootstrap Bill, placed in the Dead Man's Chest and given to his wife, Elizabeth.[6] Although Will Turner was freed from the Dutchman's curse years later by his son Henry, the fate of Will's heart is unknown.[31][8]

By the quest for the Fountain of Youth, Scrum learned how to play the mandola, once stole the heart of a Berber princess,[18] and became a regular in The Captain's Daughter, a pub in London, where he'd tell tales that stir hearts up to bravery that they may well regret.[32] Whitecap Bay was also where mermaids had been known to gather for hundreds of years, thereby striking terror in the heart of all sailors and pirates.[33] Stranded inland by an ancient storm, Ponce de León's ship, the Santiago, gently rocks on the edge of its own destruction. Perilously poised atop bare crags amid rushing waters, the long-lost vessel is a vision to inspire awe in any heart.[34] When Jack Sparrow asked Hector Barbossa why wouldn't he give his right arm for a chance at Blackbeard, the privateer replied that he needed his good arm to drive his poisoned blade through Blackbeard's heart.[23]

Behind the scenes[]

Overview[]

Hearts were first mentioned figuratively through the Auctioneer saying "Weigh anchor now, ye swabbies. What be I offered for this winsome wench? Stout hearted and corn fed she be..." in the soundtrack for the Disneyland attraction Pirates of the Caribbean.[35][36] Literally-speaking, while hearts are found in every living being and every character in the franchise, hearts make their first physical appearance through the still-beating heart of Davy Jones, the cursed captain of the Flying Dutchman, featured in media relating to the 2006 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,[2] notably Irene Trimble's junior novelization.[37]

Screenplays[]

"I have no choice in these events. But I am curious - what do you tell yourself? What reason can you find in your heart - to be a pawn?"
―Davy Jones to James Norrington[src] (original screenplay)

In Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's screenplay for Dead Man's Chest, Will Turner played Liar's Dice with Davy Jones two times, with the first game Jones tells Will that he only bets "for what's dearest to a man's heart," adding that what a man is willing to risk, or not, was a measure of his soul.[38] The scene never made it to the final cut of the film but was retained in the film's junior novelization,[39] as well as the deleted scene "Married To The Ship" featured in Blu-ray releases beginning in 2011.[40]

In Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's first screenplay draft of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, at the end of parley on the sandbar, Elizabeth Swann suggested to Lord Cutler Beckett to surrender, and she would give him a blade so he could run it through his heart himself.[41]

In Terry Rossio's original 2012 screenplay draft for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Hector Barbossa is smitten with the Sea Widow, a sea witch known to him as the singer Nadirah, and tries to win her heart, asking if she could not look to the truth of his heart, only for her to orchestrate his heartbreak. Joshamee Gibbs would tell Jack Sparrow that with his ship being the HMS Bonaventure, Admiral John Benbow's flagship of the British Royal Navy, it would not be in his heart to leave her. The Widow, as Cora June, also presents to Jack Sparrow a sword destined to run through his heart, named Jack Sparrow's bane, which Barbossa eventually wields as he plans another mutiny aboard the Black Pearl.[42]

In Jeff Nathanson's early 2013 screenplay draft for Dead Men Tell No Tales, the main villain was the ghostly Captain John Brand of the British Navy who swore revenge against Jack Sparrow for turning his brother Eric into a pirate. When Hector Barbossa recounts the story of Brand's downfall, he claims "this Captain's heart was broken -- knowing he would never see his brother again." When Jack Sparrow attempts to escape from Pierre "Pig" Kelly, Kelly proclaims "This loathsome pirate is trying to steal my ship.", to which his sister Beatrice replies "He's already stolen me heart."[43]

Other media[]

In The Curse of the Black Pearl when Elizabeth Swann throws her red dress at Barbossa she says "Goes with your black heart." In the 2006 German novelization she says "Fits your black soul."[44]

In Dead Men Tell No Tales, following the massacre of the crew of the HMS Monarch in the Devil's Triangle, the Spanish Capitán Armando Salazar grabs the British Captain Toms, lifts him in the air, and snaps his neck.[8] In the film's English novelization, Salazar stabs Toms with his sword,[45] with the French novelization specifically saying that Salazar stabbed Toms through the heart.[46] In the film, when Hector Barbossa deliberately falls from the Black Pearl's anchor chain to save his daughter Carina Smyth, he stabs Salazar in the back with Henry Turner's sword.[8] In the prequel novel, Barbossa stabs Salazar right through the heart.[47]

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (junior novelization), pp. 68-69
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jack Sparrow: The Timekeeper, pp. 2-3
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization), p. 11
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  7. ↑ Climb Aboard If You Dare!: Stories From The Pirates of the Caribbean, pp. 43-44
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
  9. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Novelization, p. 98
  10. ↑ Pirates des Caraïbes : La Vengeance de Salazar, pp. 110-113
  11. ↑ The Price of Freedom, Chapter Two: Lady Esmeralda
  12. ↑ The Price of Freedom, Chapter Eight: The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea
  13. ↑ The Price of Freedom, Chapter Ten: Revelations
  14. ↑ The Price of Freedom, Chapter Fourteen: Hard Bargains
  15. ↑ Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean, pp. 56-59
  16. ↑ Legends of the Brethren Court: The Turning Tide, pp. 171-172
  17. ↑ Legends of the Brethren Court: Day of the Shadow, Chapter Eight
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Disney Second Screen: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
  19. ↑ Disney Second Screen: Angelica's backstory
  20. ↑ Terry Rossio's opinion about Blackbeard and Angelica's Disney Second Screen backstory
  21. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (junior novelization), p. 100
  22. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: The Visual Guide, pp. 22-23: "Angelica"
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  25. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003 junior novelization), p. 3
  26. ↑ Fluch der Karibik, p. 14
  27. ↑ Fluch der Karibik, p. 184
  28. ↑ Fluch der Karibik, p. 145
  29. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (junior novelization), pp. 120-123
  30. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization), pp. 6-7
  31. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Novelization, pp. 255-257
  32. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: The Visual Guide p. 21
  33. ↑ The Art of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
  34. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: The Visual Guide, pp. 60-61 "The Santiago"
  35. ↑ Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Sound Track of the Fabulous Adventure
  36. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies, p. 96
  37. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (junior novelization), p. 131
  38. ↑ Wordplayer.com: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio
  39. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (junior novelization), p. 100
  40. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (In deleted scene(s))
  41. ↑ PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio, original draft
  42. ↑ Wordplayer.com: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES by Terry Rossio
  43. ↑ Dead Men Tell No Tales script by Jeff Nathanson, second draft, 5/6/2013
  44. ↑ Fluch der Karibik, p. 186
  45. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Novelization, pp. 33-34
  46. ↑ Pirates des Caraïbes : La Vengeance de Salazar, p. 27
  47. ↑ The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth, p. 230
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