Couple that with her having been kept confined in the basement for most of her childhood due to her light allergy. When Sophie gets better, Diana loses that link, as evidenced by the Room Full of Crazy in the basement. Tragic Villain: A different interpretation of Diana is that what she told Sophie is true - she didn't actually die in that light experiment, but instead got shifted to a different plane of existence, and Sophie is now her only tie to the known world.Their implied relationship in the mental hospital has shades of this, especially when you consider Diana's very specific hatred of both Sophie's husbands to the point that she murders them both and particularly Diana scratching the father out of little Rebecca's drawing and adding herself next to Sophie instead. A potential explanation for the sheer lengths Diana goes through to keep Sophie all to herself. Stalker with a Crush: Combined with Psycho Lesbian.Another way to take the ending is that, while those with depression might think it's heroic to kill themselves and remove the immediate problem rather than be a burden on their loved ones as they try to help, said loved ones would prefer to solve the problem the hard way and keep the afflicted alive. Additionally, the movie sets up a method of hurting Diana with the blacklight, which would've been harder but likely effective. Rebecca and Martin resolve to save their mother despite multiple chances to leave her to Diana Rebecca's reaction to the suicide, which the film lingers on, is to scream and cry and Martin stares into the middle distance as he is powerless to help. Alternate Aesop Interpretation: The interpretation that Sophie was right in her decision doesn't take her children's actions and reactions into account.
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