Self-redemption is an unbearable pain. Only the instinct of life can contend with it.

Harley 2022-03-27 09:01:09

"The world of images is half of the complete world. If a person does not know the world of images, his soul is barren and has nothing. The wealth of the soul exists in the form of images." ---CG Jung



The progress of the plot is the overlapping of the image world and the world world. Being handcuffed to the bed is, in a way, a symbol of the real-world relationship between the heroine Jessie. As the man jokes, "What the hell is a woman? The life support system that holds the vagina." It's a living reality.

Just like this, he took her to a villa in the suburbs and carried out the sexual fantasy of SM + rape + stealing his wife. Men are lawyers, wealthy, socially accomplished, and dominant in relationships. And Jessie is passive, pleasing, submissive in relationships.

And a man's sexuality, physically like a hungry dog, can be hungry and insatiable at the same time - even if you eat a $200 top steak, you will still crave fresh meat. (The part where Jessie is happy to feed the dog is also a symbol of her attitude towards sex life. Her body is like those two pieces of beef. Her husband's sexual desire is a hungry dog. She pity him and is willing to satisfy it)

The whole process of her breaking free , that is, the process of seeking self-redemption. If she doesn't break free (doesn't get out of the relationship), then her life will gradually deplete, she will die from lack of water and nutrients, and then be eaten by the dog (not living herself, not nourishing herself, under the exhaustion of man's libido and slowly die).

In the helpless waiting, she recalled the incident in her childhood when she was 12 years old - molested by her father. It happened to coincide with a solar eclipse, which is also a reflection of reality and symbolism. The sun can be a symbol of fatherhood, and that obscenity spell is as dark as the sun is obscured to Jessie's world.

As for the continuation of the dynamic relationship between the father and the father in the early years, the father's handcuffs are silent, and the husband's handcuffs are material comfort and comfort, these authors have pointed out.

This symbol appears again at the end of the film. "Those who need to protect you from monsters, become monsters."



However, the most heart-wrenching scene was when Jessie slashed her hand with a shard of a glass, then pulled her flesh apart and broke free from the handcuffs. I was almost in pain with her the whole time. My stomach cramps, growling. It really hurts, it hurts too much, even just to watch.




Finally face. When she decides to go to court to meet the "Crypt Monster", it is her ultimate face - the fear of death. The Crypt Monster, the father, and the husband are somehow intertwined: both father and husband show a Monsters side to Jessie. However, the most basic of all fears is the fear of death. The appearance of the three images is a process of distinguishing and de-staining. People's fear of death cannot be erased, but she resolved the shadow brought by her father and broke free from her husband's control.

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Gerald's Game quotes

  • Jessie Burlingame: Just uncuff me and we can talk.

    Gerald Burlingame: What if I won't?

    Jessie Burlingame: What do you mean?

    Gerald Burlingame: What if I won't?

  • Gerald Burlingame: Everybody's got a little corner in there somewhere; a button they won't admit they want pressed. Year after year, I barely gave you a glimpse of mine.