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((DISPLAYTITLE:Persephone (''The Matrix'')))
((Infobox character
| name               = Persephone
| series             = [[The Matrix (franchise)|The Matrix]]
| image              = Persephone The Matrix.jpg
| image_size         = 200px
| first              = ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'' (2003)
| last               = ''[[The Matrix Online]]'' (2005)
| creator            = [[The Wachowskis]]
| portrayer          = [[Monica Bellucci]]
| voice              = Monica Bellucci
| species            = Computer program
| spouse             = [[Merovingian (The Matrix)|Merovingian]]
| gender             = Female
))

'''Persephone''' is a fictional character in [[The Matrix (franchise)|''The Matrix'' franchise]]. She is portrayed by [[Monica Bellucci]].<ref>((cite book |last1=Kapell |first1=Matthew |last2=Doty |first2=William G. |title=Jacking in to the Matrix Franchise: Cultural Reception and Interpretation |date=2004 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-8264-1587-5 |page=196 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ETf0her6UDgC&q=Persephone+%28monica+bellucci%29&pg=PA196 |access-date=2 July 2020 |language=en))</ref> In the films ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'' and ''[[The Matrix Revolutions]]'', Persephone is married to the [[Merovingian (The Matrix)|Merovingian]]. She seems bored with her existence in the [[Matrix (fictional universe)|Matrix]], and is dissatisfied with her husband (possibly because of his constant [[infidelities]]).<ref>((cite book |last1=Auger |first1=Emily Elisabeth |title=Tech-noir Film: A Theory of the Development of Popular Genres |date=2011 |publisher=[[Intellect Books]] |isbn=978-1-84150-424-7 |page=355 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=385SDKrMdMoC&q=Persephone+%28monica+bellucci%29&pg=PA355 |access-date=2 July 2020 |language=en))</ref><ref>((cite book |last1=Dinello |first1=Daniel |title=Technophobia!: Science Fiction Visions of Posthuman Technology |date=2005 |publisher=[[University of Texas Press]] |isbn=978-0-292-70954-6 |page=177 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1BjuAAAAMAAJ&q=Persephone+(monica+bellucci) |access-date=2 July 2020 |language=en))</ref>

==Films==
In ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'', Persephone meets [[Neo (The Matrix)|Neo]], [[Trinity (The Matrix)|Trinity]] and [[Morpheus (The Matrix)|Morpheus]] when they come to talk with [[The Merovingian]], her husband. Though her husband declines to help the human resistance, Persephone is sexually attracted to Neo and offers to help him if he kisses her with the same passion with which he has kissed Trinity. Reluctantly, he complies and she helps him free the [[Keymaker]]. Later, she kills one of her husband's employees.

In ''[[The Matrix Revolutions]]'', Persephone warns the Merovingian that Trinity would indeed kill everyone in [[Club Hel]] to free Neo from the Train Station, simply because she is in love. This suggests that Persephone perceives and understands love, and may be disheartened by the [[Cynicism (contemporary)|cynicism]] of her husband, who seems to be driven solely by greed and [[lust]].

In ''[[The Matrix Resurrections]]'', Persephone makes a quick [[cameo appearance]] through archive footage from ''Reloaded'' while Neo remembers his past adventures sixty years after bringing peace to humans and Machines. While the Merovingian and some of his henchmen are revealed to have survived The Analyst's purge over the Matrix, Persephone's status is unconfirmed.

==''Enter the Matrix''==
In the video game ''[[Enter The Matrix]]'', Persephone encounters and takes a kiss from either [[Niobe (The Matrix)|Niobe]] or [[Ghost (Matrix character)|Ghost]] (depending on whose story the player follows). She seems to be able to deduce the feelings and emotions of those she kisses, noting Niobe's love for [[Morpheus (Matrix character)|Morpheus]], or Ghost's [[unrequited love]] for Trinity. She apparently takes deep pleasure in sampling the emotions of others.

==''The Matrix Online''==
In the [[Massively multiplayer online game|MMO]] ''[[The Matrix Online]]'', Persephone gave the location of the Assassin's hide-out to Zion operatives in a critical mission relating to the Death Of A Destroyer event.

==Cultural references==
The character's name is taken from that of [[Persephone]] in [[Greek mythology]], who is the daughter of [[Zeus]] and [[Demeter]] ([[Ceres (Roman mythology)|Ceres]]), and whom [[Hades]] took to the [[underworld]] to be his queen.

Before shooting her husband's employee in ''The Matrix Reloaded'', Persephone wonders aloud, "How many people keep silver bullets in their gun?", implying that the employee is a [[werewolf]]. In behind-the-scenes footage, Persephone herself is compared to a "[[vampire]] that seeks after emotions" by actress Monica Bellucci.

==In popular culture==
In a 2012 survey by [[Empire Cinemas]], Persephone was listed among the sexiest characters in cinema.<ref>((cite web|title=The Sexiest Characters In Cinema - The Women |url=http://www.empireonline.com/features/sexiest-movie-characters/women/default.asp?character=21 |publisher=[[Empire Cinemas]] |year=2012 |access-date=7 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113213115/http://www.empireonline.com/features/sexiest-movie-characters/women/default.asp?character=21 |archive-date=13 November 2012 ))</ref>

Likewise, [[Nettavisen]] declared in 2009 that the role of Persephone qualified Monica Bellucci as one of the 25 sexiest women of all time.<ref>((cite web|author1=Elisabeth Gilje|title=Tidenes mest sexy kvinner|url=http://www.side2.no/2665203.html|publisher=[[Nettavisen]]|access-date=7 June 2015|language=no|date=13 July 2009|quote=The Italian beauty's role as Persephone in "The Matrix Reloaded" from 2003 qualifies her as one of the 25 sexiest women of all time.))</ref>

==See also==
*[[Simulated reality]]

==References==
((Reflist))

== External links ==
*[https://www.theguardian.com/film/pictures/image/0,8545,-10704672875,00.html Persephone in ''The Matrix Reloaded''], ''Guardian'' Film

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