(February 20, 2016 at 12:49 am)Sterben Wrote: Thank you EP, I do take things literally a lot of times. I understand the spider is a dream element of the mind that means something needs to change. As far as the car accident is concerned. Were they both killed in the accident? If so, that does mean Adam took the place of Anthony in this reality; or I am incapable of understanding the message that was trying to be presented? Did Adam not exist in reality, or was he an illusion of Helen, Anthony, and Adams girl friend?
My thoughts:
Anthony is a mirror, or illusion of Adam's that he wants to be true, as Anthony is the polar opposite of Adam. Anthony is outgoing, has a faithful wife, a good job, doesn't have repetitive days where he endlessly does the same thing(Ex. "Hey honey I just got back from a jog/I want to try blueberries").
How others saw it:
Anthony is afraid of commitment, and Adam is his subconscious. Adam gives repeated lectures about dictatorship, about a people being uncontrolled vs controlled, and other various references. This is parallel to Anthony, as he feels that his wife is dictating, or controlling his life by being pregnant and he doesn't want to have a child. Adam also sleeps with a girl who forces him off, and most believe this is representative of Anthony's uncontrolled sexual urges. They also believe that the spider represents his sexual urges controlling his life throughout the movie. The reference to Anthony being the one actually sleeping with someone else can be seen when Mary says "Are you seeing that other girl again?". When Anthony decides to have sex with Adam's girlfriend, she points out the ring mark on his finger, and the absence of a ring on his finger is more indication to how he doesn't like commitment. When Anthony goes to have sex with Adam's gf, it is really his aggressive alter ego, so he is getting angry, arguing relentlessly with the girl, uncontrollable and as a result crashes a car and dies. Then Adam who's back at his house, is supposedly not adam but the real anthony, the stable version of Anthony, and the aggressive sexually-driven anthony died in the crash.
Which is better:
To die with ignorance, or to live with intelligence?
Truth doesn't accommodate to personal opinions.
The choice is yours.
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