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Q. The doors opening in Constance's daydream symbolize...
her decision to leave Green Manors and go on a picnic.
sex.
her mind opening to solve the mystery.
the high walls at Green Manors.
Q. Constance reads the curtain eyes as referring to the guards at Green Manors. In the film, they can also symbolize...
that Constance needs glasses.
that Dr. Murchison is watching.
the film viewers watching the film.
Salvador Dali's vision problems.
Q. The parallel lines on white symbolize ski tracks. But they also symbolize...
Constance's love.
the House Detective's magnifying glass.
Edwardes' death.
Brulov's lack of manners.
Q. The straight razor symbolizes...
the scissors in the dream sequence.
Ballantyne's newfound manly heroism.
that Ballantyne is castrated, as Norman Bates would later be in Hitchcock's Psycho.
ski tracks.
Q. Green Manors symbolizes...
madness and constriction, as opposed to the wide world outside where there's love and adventure.
safety, since no bad people are ever allowed to enter.
marriage, since that's where Ballantyne and Constance go on their honeymoon.
vigorous exercise, because of the ski slope.