After their wedding, Trina was completely afraid of McTeague for some unknown reason. Maybe I'm missing something, but it seemed sort of random. They then kissed and it was all over. Was she afraid of losing her virginity or what?
shareGood question. How about their date that got rained out before that? The music and her reactions made me think he was going to rape her. Then the next scene they are engaged. Doesn't make sense to me.
shareTrina changed after she won the money and became paranoid about anyone,wanting to take it,including her husband. Greed overtook her life,and the only love she had was for her gold ......
shareDid she know she won the money before the rained out date and the marriage? I'm pretty sure it was at least after the rained out date at the sewer.
shareI got the impression that Trina was never in love with McTeague. She dated and agreed to marry him because he had a good profession which seemed like the goal of many women in the movies of those days. In many scenes, she wouldn't let him kiss her even after the wedding vows were over
shareI read the original book McTeague and it doesn't get anymore graphic in their love life or lack thereof than what we saw in the movie. There was never any sex. What it was was McTeague was this great big brute of a man, and Trina was so tiny, that alone was terrifying to her, the odd part of it was that she only really seemed to love him, or was more drawn to him AFTER he got violent with her. In the book he bit her fingers several times, his bites weren't what caused the poisoning and her needing the amputation, and she took a sick pleasure in him biting her fingers.
share In the book he bit her fingers several times, his bites weren't what caused the poisoning and her needing the amputation,
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I think they were. The bites lacerated her skin, which became infected by the "non-poisonous" paint she used on her carvings.
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it
In which case the 'non-poisonous' paint was the real culprit, the movie would have us believe the infection stemmed from the bites alone, instead it's from both the paint and Trina's failure to tend to her injuries.
shareVery true. I was going by the book
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it
I missed that part that it was his biting or rather the paint that was the reason behind that. I just presumed she got frostbite from going out badly clothed and looking for him or that she was to cheap to heat up the place. Though it wouldn't make sense that only 2-3 fingers on one hand would have had frostbite.
shareThey never spelled it out in the movie, they made you put it together. After the scene where he bites her fingers for not giving him any money, we see the fingers gradually turn blue until the doctor's sent for.
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thenoah-573-524560 says > After their wedding, Trina was completely afraid of McTeague for some unknown reason. Maybe I'm missing something, but it seemed sort of random. They then kissed and it was all over. Was she afraid of losing her virginity or what?Yes it is about sex. She starts showing signs of being afraid even before that. As her mother is leaving she runs after her in fear and is holding on for dear life. She says something which is not shown on a dialogue card but it's obvious what it's about. The mother tells her not to be afraid, go with her husband and leaves.