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Paupers Grave Yard?

posted 15 years ago by XTRADER
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Ok - She lost her first baby in the Pauper's Grave Yard.

She had her first private meeting with the Father one on one in the Pauper's Grave Yard.

But, why go to the trouble of burying her in an unmarked grave while conducting a fake ceromony in the marked church yard?

Yes she helped the poor but why have her forgotten by putting her in an unmarked grave especially given the fact that she had 2 boys who might appreciate one day visiting their mothers grave.

Romantic maybe - but pointless - completely! Especially given that she was already in a coffin and that she had shown no love to Dougie Howser MD but only guilt!

Anyone have any ideas, theories or explanation?

Good Movie though

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[–] jones8557-1 12 years ago

I thought it was a great idea and a good trade. It's true her boys won't be able to visit her true grave, however, it doesn't matter anyway. Her spirit is not in either grave. It won't affect them b/c they won't know it.

[–] skydiveroffreefalls 12 years ago

It was something huge for Michael, so it was a great exchange of gestures between Arthur and him. He got to keep the children, and Michael got to keep her in a place that only he knew of.

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[–] lamont-hard 11 years ago

It actually was something huge for both of them. Arthur had big bucks the kids would get a life of luxury and education. It was what she would have wanted. With the priest he gets the woman who brought him to god, he can now be true to his master and spread his word.

On a personal note I found Michael a bit sleazy for a man of god the way he was going to take the kids from Arthur away from him after he knew they had bonded in her belly with him. He then gets to trick the children and all whom would love her in the future of mourning someone whom would not be there. I doubt if his master would approve of him spreading his word...Just my take on this.

[–] smithes6 11 years ago

Recall the scene when Michael told Eleanor that he remembered only the faces of the paupers he buried and not any of the others? This was his way of keeping her in his memory.

[–] hartofavalon 10 years ago

This was his way of keeping her in his memory.

This makes me wonder if Father McKinnon got the idea from what Arthur told him about his last words to Eleanor: "She will never be forgotten."

I wonder what it means that these words are a lie, since Arthur says them only after McKinnon asks him what he said to Eleanor.