Why did Syrena take Philip under water?
At the end of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) we can see in Syrena (mermaid) and Philip having the below conversation:
Syrena: You're hurt.
Philip: Body, only. My mind is at peace - Cause of you.
Syrena: Me?
Philip: Yes. I was lost, the wind. The tides...They truly knew man's fate. For me, only you.
Syrena: Philip, I can save you. You need only ask.
Philip: I seek but one thing.
Syrena: What is that?
Philip: Forgiveness. If not for me you would never have been captured.
Syrena: Ask!
Philip: Forgive me.
After that Syrena kissed Philip and took him under water.
Why did she take Philip under water? Can Syrena save Philip under water?
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Can Syrena save Philip under water?
Yes, she can sort of save Phillip underwater.
When they start calling mermaids, Derrick says
I heard it said that the kiss from a mermaid can save a sailor from drowning.
Though, this is never explained in the movie, but it's a legend popular among sailors that a mermaid kiss can save sailor from drowning as told by Derrick. If you remember, Syrena kissed Phillip before taking him underwater.
why did Syrena take Philip Under water?
When Syrena asks him to just ask again, she probably meant that she forgave him and wants to be with him.
From this SFF answer,
I thought this meant that she wanted to do more than simply forgive him. That she wanted to save him and be with him. In some stories mermaids can grant the ability to breathe and thus live under water too. So I thought she took him into the sea to be with him happily ever after. Because she did not seem sad when she took him down.
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Does Syrena save Philip?
She told him to not let her tear go to waste. She then went to find the injured Philip and he asked for her forgiveness. Bringing him underwater, Syrena kissed Philip to heal him and gave him the ability to breathe underwater. They swam off together through the pools to freedom.How did Syrena get legs?
She was put into a glass coffin and transported to the island. Syrena had trouble breathing, and Philip opened the coffin. Later when the coffin bearers tripped and the coffin broke, it was revealed that Syrena's tail transforms into legs when not in water.How did Syrena turn into a human?
During the jungle trek, young missionary Philip Swift notices that she can not breathe and he opens the glass tank a little to allow air to flow through. When the glass coffin Syrena is being carried in breaks, the mermaid changes to a human form.What does the mermaid do with Philip?
At the end of the movie Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides, Phillip is badly wounded and seems to be telling Syrena not to heal him but only to forgive him. She then drags him into the water and we never see him again.Philip and Syrena's Fate
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