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There is no way Watt's character at the end.....

posted 15 years ago by Leigh1989
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Killed herself.... She looked happy when she realized she still had her daughter....I think when she looked at her daughter that was when she realized everything would be fine

[–] k_street 14 years ago

I agree, I think she is set up as possibly the weakest character in the beginning, the most fragile and repressed, but she's actually sort of brave deep down and she decides to get out of the sad situation for her daughter's sake and her own.

[–] lulupalooza 12 years ago

Exactly! When Hank asked why she was leaving him, Edith boldly made the statement "Because I can." That is empowerment...not some fragile precursor to suicide-murder at the train tracks (as some have speculated).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbhrz1-4hN4

[–] Ms_Coen 12 years ago

I didn't get the suicide interpretation at all. She stands her ground, takes her daughter, leaves her husband, looks back and smiles at her daughter in the car. Her daughter smiles back. To me, that scene basically reflected relief in escaping from an unhappy relationship.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Kujas1IsM

[–] nuke_houston 12 years ago

Huh? I must have missed that part.

[–] Buff70 12 years ago

True; Edith planning to commit suicide didn't cross my mind during that scene - it was more like a freak accident was going to happen, because of the close ups of the snow scene, the traffic lights, and the front grill of her car which was odd .. what was the meaning of that ?

Also, after she turned and smiled at her daughter, we see Edith in tears, as though she was distraught. That I think made some people wonder if she was about to do something stupid there.

[–] abstract-sunflower 12 years ago

I totally agree. I didn't get the feeling that she was going to kill herself. She made the smiley face on the window, and I took that as a sign that they were headed for a happier life. She was crying when she turned around, because although her marriage was an unhappy one, she still had to mourn the end of it.