The film is very intense and dreamlike. We see more women, who are all the same woman but in different ways. They go through a series of events that slowly but surely become more and more bizarre. The film ends with a shattered mirror, a man and the death of the protagonist, the woman. The film is covered in symbols, which reappear again and again. Here I want to explore the meaning of the symbols in the film and the meaning behind them. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original EssayIt all begins with a white flower placed on the ground by a mysterious hand appearing from the sky. The flower is picked up from the ground by a woman at the beginning of the film but is also placed on a pillow by a man at the end of the film. Flowers are used in art to represent reproduction and romance, but are also linked to fragility. The color white on the other hand is used to show purity and innocence. I believe Maya chooses a white flower to show what women should be like: beautiful beings who give birth to children and constantly need to be saved and cared for. I feel like when the woman, the protagonist of the story, has grasped the flower of her own vulnerability as a woman in a world that belongs to men. Throughout the film we see a key. At first the protagonist uses it to open the front door but eventually the key reappears on the dining table when each woman takes a key for herself. A key is a symbol of freedom, the freedom to come and go as you please, the freedom to open doors and rooms to which no one other than the key holder has access. The figure is seen repeatedly and is one of the main characters in the film. He is dressed all in black and the woman always starts following him trying to catch him but she never does. The antagonist sees him through the window and always disappears around the corner but when she stops following him, he appears right in front of her in the bedroom. The figure reminds me of the Grim Reaper and I think it was intentional to represent change, killing the old habit. The woman chasing the figure can demonstrate that she is chasing change in her own life, trying to change the point of view of society and the point of view of the people around her. The knife is a significant sign. At first it's the bread that pops up on the dining room table. Then it starts appearing in more places, including the bed and in the hands of the main character. A knife is usually a sign of sacrifice and liberation. She uses the knife to kill herself, which could mean she is killing herself and being reborn. The mirrors start to appear again at the end of the film, when the creature reveals itself we can see that instead of a face there is a large mirror, and on the table above the bed there is a small mirror. The creature's face (which I think represents change) being a mirror could mean that the main character was the change or had to change herself, that society won't change on its own. When the mirror above the bed is shown, the man in the film turns it around, which means he is against the change that is happening. I think Maya deliberately put all the symbols in the film, to get people to read them and form their own analysis of her work. Please note: this is just an example. Get a custom paper from our expert writers now. Customize essayAs Maya herself wrote: “This film is about the inner experiences of an individual. It does not record an event that other people might witness.” I felt the film was easy to identify with. I have read the main symbols that appear in the.