Symbol Anaysis

In this movie, the director uses a lot of symbolism. Everything from the doors and locks, mirrors, curtains and even the children’s illness have a lot of meaning behind them. For starters, the doors and locks show that there is something hidden that the audience does not know about, as well as the protagonists. They are being hidden from what is going on around them. They also show how there could be different entry ways to other worlds, sometimes they experience things out of the norm but sometimes they don’t. Mirrors, I believe always have that creepy feeling to them and are in most horror or mystery movies just to add an effect of the reflection and the meaning behind it. It was always heard of losing someone’s soul in the process of looking at themselves too much in the mirror, I think that mirrors were added for that extra effect. The children’s illness is used as a symbol by giving them an excuse to keep them inside the house and not being able to step out into the sunlight. I think that is a perfect reason or else, they would have been able to leave the house and it would not have the same effect on the movie. Out of all of the symbols used in the movie I believe that the curtains are the most important. The children rely on the curtains to keep them away from the sun and keep them safe inside their home. It also shows another form of something hidden inside and not being able to leave. Once the curtains are removed from the house then the story changes and a new point of view is shown, now that the children are exposed to sunlight.