Character Analysis

The characters in this movie are all really interesting in different ways. For starters the mother, Grace is very mysterious to where it is apparent that she is hiding something, although it is obvious that she loves her children and would do whatever to protect them. She can be a bit controlling but that just goes with what she has been through. The children also have a very interesting characteristics and personalities. The older sister, Anne is more controlling and brave over her brother, Nicholas who is more shy and scared. There is something there between Anne and her mother that is noticeable on how she knows what her mother did to her so she does not respect her the same way and completely does her own independent thing. On the other side, Nicholas is more protective of his mother and every time Anne brings that day “mommy went mad” Nicholas gets mad and tells her to stop. Nicholas being younger, he is more scared of the supernatural things and is harder for him because it is easier to believe everything that his sister tells him. The father, Charles is only in the movie for a small period of time, but it shows how lost he was whenever Grace found him in the fog outside the house, that was most likely because he was killed in the war so he could not find his way home. Once he was home and go to see his children and his wife, then he was able to be in some sort of peace and go back to the war where he died. The servants are very mysterious not explaining to Grace and the children what is going on. Although that might just have been because that is something they had to figure out on their own.