Reflection Of The Movie The Others

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In the film The Others by Alejandro Amenabar, the children play different roles that causes their mother to reach a breaking point. Throughout the film the children mention that mother did something horrible, but it is unclear what she did till the end. The mother ended up killing her two children then pointing the gun on herself. There are many different reasons why a person may kill someone and themselves. In her case there were many factors that played into her actions. Her children were the main factor of her decision to perform this act. They slowly drained her, and made her reach a breaking point she could not come back from. Their sun allergy causing them to live in darkness and isolation played a big role in this occuring. Having to care for them by herself, and their actions and attitudes were also big factors that affected her mental health greatly. The daughter, Anne’s actions play into the mother, Grace 's, decision to kill her children and herself. Anne is constantly teasing …show more content…

Nicholas unlike his sister is fearful. The mother has to comfort Nicholas whenever his sister frightens him. Having to comfort him takes a lot of energy and attention from her. For example, one could see this attentiveness when she hears a kid crying she runs around the house checking both of the children. This shows that she does have this worry for her kids, one can see from the fear in her face, and her sprinting to check on them it does take a toll on her mental status. Having to run to his rescue often out of fear of anything was to happen to him, would cause the mother to be worried about his wellbeing as he cannot protect himself. Always being there for her son would also increase Nicholas’s dependence on Grace as he would not learn to deal with issues on his own. Always being there for him causing him to not learn how to deal with his fear is bad for both people, and wears both Nicholas and Grace

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