I remember reading somewhere about her father killing her pigeons... Also a cat killing one and then her killing the cat... I know a lot of this is pure urban legend and myth but what was the deal with them in this movie? Anyone know? Their attempt at symbolism? We see something happening with them and then she is cleaning up but the movie never explains it.
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That's what I want to know. Whose pigeons were they & were they pets or for something else? If someone else killed them, why wasn't Lizzie upset? And if she killed them herself & was cleaning up why didn't her sister ask her about them when she walked in when she was cleaning up?
shareThe Pigeons were Lizzie's. Her father killed them believing that they were attracting intruders in the barn. It was an incident believed to have happened not too long before the murders were committed.
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OK thanks. I thought I remembered reading that somewhere. I wish they had explained that part a little better in the movie. Lizzie's reaction was so cold but maybe that was the intent. I find it interesting that Lizzie was apparently an animal lover in later life. She had dogs and left part of her estate to the humane society. Maybe that came out of being ostracized from town society though. That's why I don't really believe the stories about her killing the cat.
shareYou can read her story on Wikipedia.
I personally believe she did it. However, I can't say that I blame her if her father and stepmother were really that horrible to her.
WHAT? You are condoning and justifying the brutal murders of two people just because Lizzie wanted more pretty dresses?
She wasn't being beaten. She had a big bedroom, a warm bed, never worked a day in her whole life. Her father sent her on a cruise to Europe for a month, all expenses paid.
Your comment is really scary...maybe you need some help.
It's pretty much accepted that her father killed the pigeons.
shareAnd you're insinuating because she had a bedroom and a bed and her father paid for SOME things, that she was not abused and had no hostility towards her father who was too cheap to get them indoor plumbing among other things and who didn't let them have boy friends, and a stepmother she clearly always resented. Your argument is JUST as asinine, just for the other team.
shareShe wasn't being beaten.
Her father killed her pet pigeons but it seems like the writers wanted the viewers to think Lizzie killed them as practice for the murders.
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And like I've always said, if it's true that he DID kill her pigeons, that right there is full blown motive to kill him, and rightfully so from the view of such a devoted animal lover, there are many people on this planet to whom animals are more valuable as people than humans.
shareYes. If someone killed my dog, I would want them dead. I don't know if pigeons can exhibit love and loyalty like a dog can, but if she loved the birds, I can see where that might send her over the edge.
And like I've always said, if it's true that he DID kill her pigeons, that right there is full blown motive to kill him, and rightfully so from the view of such a devoted animal lover, there are many people on this planet to whom animals are more valuable as people than humans.
Her father killed her pet pigeons but it seems like the writers wanted the viewers to think Lizzie killed them as practice for the murders.
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