Insane Women In The Film Misery By Annie Wilkes

In the film Misery, Annie Wilkes shows characteristics of a completely insane woman. She stalked Paul Sheldon like any overly obsessed fan would, but she took it to the extreme when she wouldn’t let him leave her home. Annie had made him feel as if he was safe, that is until her true colors were shown. She had been so infatuated with the misery books that it was all she thought about. Paul had to finish the perfect book and it had to live up to her expectations. Wanting him to finish his book does not sound mad, considering she also fed him and took care of him until he felt better. Of course, she could not let him heal completely or he would run away. She tried her best so that his legs would not heal because if they do he would leave her. Annie’s obsession with Paul and his books seemed to take control of her life. She was a lonely middle aged woman, she had nothing else better to do than to take care of Paul and help him work on something she loved.

The first emotion that seemed to stand out was her anger and how she handled it. When she was offended in any type of way, she would act out aggressively. For instance, when she found out that misery died in Paul’s book, she smashes a table right above his head. At this time she admitted that no one was going to come rescue Paul because she did not call anyone and no one knows where he is. She was out of her mind keeping him trapped in that room for her own pleasure. Once she received what she wanted which was the final misery book, she risked taking away both their lives. She had never thought of letting him go, she even broke his ankles so that he could never leave her. It could have been the loneliness that drove her to insanity and the fact that she had her favorite man trapped in a room, overly excited her but also gave her fear of losing