Dear Mom [Alleged spoilers]

Stuart 2022-03-26 09:01:07

Just to mention a few possible hiding spots.

In terms of chronological order, the differences between the seemingly bizarre Shishal women, and the impact of the differences.


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1. Before the heroine Greta came to England from the United States. One year, the male protagonist Malcolm came to the old house to deliver something, and happened to meet the birthday of the "doll". The male protagonist wanted to leave, but was stopped by Mr. Sishal for a drink. Mr. Sishal said that it was difficult for him Such a bizarre life went on. At that time, Mrs. Shichar was holding the doll and unpacking the birthday present.

2. After the heroine Greta came to England from the United States. Mr. Sichar took the hostess outside the house to clean up the mouse traps, and told her that although what happened in the house seemed absurd, he was sure that his son was indeed by his side. If you have seen the film, you will know that Mr. Sichar did not lie, nor did he fully agree with his and his wife's actions. At the same time, Mrs. Shichar was standing at the window watching the conversation between the hostess and her husband.

3. When the male protagonist Malcolm came to the house to deliver things, he once told the female protagonist that Mr. Sishal would eat the food eaten by the dolls instead of throwing them away, and said that Mr. Sishal was not so stubborn. The pretend doll is the son.

The above three points are likely to indicate that the Shichar and his wife have different attitudes towards the absurd and morbid behaviors that they usually do. In the most common words, Mr. Sichar's willpower is not firm, and he lives in pain all year round.

Fourth, this point itself is also very controversial, and it is only used as a reference in speculation. Before leaving the house for "vacation", Mrs. Sichar said "I'm sorry" while hugging the hostess. And this "I'm sorry" seems to be to carry on the later "suicide note" and the true face of the most doll, but it is actually telling two people, one is undoubtedly the heroine, and the other is Mr. Shichar.

The above four points are for the final conclusion, that is, who is the pair of hands pasting the puppets that appeared at the end of the film. In fact, the answer is more obvious, and that is Mrs. Shichar.

Didn't Mrs. Sishar commit suicide by throwing herself into the river with her husband? Why does it appear again? Based on the above points, we can draw the conclusion that on the basis of bearing the same secret, Mrs. Shishal is far stronger than her husband's belief, and at the same time she also sees the shaking and the pain of the husband, the shaking and the pain Means potential meltdowns and leaks of secrets. In order to prevent the leakage of secrets, Sishar decided to help Mr. Sishar free. To help the husband get out, what is needed is a basic condition, that is, to leave the house. Why can't it be done in the house? Suicides in the house, and the suicide or accidental death of a husband during a trip, attract the police to the house to investigate the probability is obvious.

Then the problem comes again. The suicide note written by Mrs. Sichar said "We will not go back" and "The heroine belongs to you". The role is to appease, appease the son and husband. The appearance of the heroine makes this "suicide journey" a reality, which can not only allow the son to stay at home and wait for his parents to return, but also comfort the husband to leave without worries.

Of course, there is also a bug about the letter, that is, if the letter is opened by the hostess after receiving it, rather than the idealized refusal to open the letter to avoid the harassment of the ex-boyfriend's letter, the direct content of the letter will arouse the hostess's suspicion . It can only be guessed here that Mrs. Shichar explained to her son before she left, what kind of letter was for her son, and asked him to quickly collect it when he used the passage of the house.

To sum up, Mrs. Sichar's original plan was to recruit the female protagonist as a nanny to take care of the puppets during the couple's "vacation". In fact, the female protagonist became a tool to appease her son and husband. Mrs. Sichar took her husband to the resort, where she wrote a suicide note so that her husband could travel with peace of mind, and then accompanied her husband to end the pain. Then, after dealing with her husband's "drowning" incident at the resort, Mrs. Sichar hurried back to the old house to continue to maintain the secret she had kept for fifteen years.

If Mrs. Sichar's plan takes shape, how will she treat the heroine when she returns to the old house? captivity? Or let the heroine leave? This is unknown. Because Mrs. Shishal's plan failed, and the most critical part failed, the heroine's ex-boyfriend smashed the symbolic "doll", causing her son to be killed. After Mrs. Shichar returned to the old house, she could only sadly paste her last spiritual sustenance, the broken doll...

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Actually, I really want to write an article about the psychological changes of major life changes, the causes of childhood crimes ("weird" in Mr. Sichar's mouth), about the emotional projection of the Sichar and his wife and the heroine and the doll, and A mass hysteria that occurs under certain conditions due to external influences. Unfortunately, the computer crashed, and I didn't save the manuscript, so I could only write these for entertainment.

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  • [last lines]

    Greta Evans: Malcolm? Malcolm! Malcolm!

  • Mr. Heelshire: [about Brahms] Be good to him and he'll be good to you. Be bad to him and...

    Mrs. Heelshire: [interrupting him] Oh... she will be good to him, won't you, Mrs. Evans?

    Greta Evans: Yes, I'll--I'll treat him like my own.