A. Virginia and Laura are both, in a sense, prisoners of their eras and societies, and both long for freedom from this imprisonment. Clarissa Vaughan, on the other hand, apparently enjoys every liberty: freedom to be a lesbian, to come and go and live as she likes. Yet she has ended up, in spite of her unusual way of life, as a fairly conventional wife and mother. What might this fact indicate about the nature of society and the restrictions it imposes? Does the film imply that character, to a certain extent, is destiny?
B. What
does the possibility of death represent to the various characters? Which
of them loves the idea of death, as others love life? What makes some of
the characters decide to die, others to live? What personality traits separate
the "survivors" from the suicides?
C. The film plays with the notions of sanity and insanity, recognizing that there might be only a very fine line between the two states. What does the novel imply about the nature of insanity? Might it in fact be a heightened sanity, or at least a heightened sense of awareness? Would you classify Richard as insane? Does insanity (or the received idea of insanity) appear to be connected with creative gifts?
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