The Woman In Black
Summary
The Woman in Blackending is cryptical and what happened to Jennet Humfrye is n’t thoroughly explain . Based on Susan Hill ’s 1983 gothic ghost taradiddle of the same name , The Woman in Blackis a 2012 film set in twentieth - century England . The movie make an atmosphere reminiscent of Hammer ’s gothic horror films through both writing and cinematography for a chilling prissy ghost story . The Woman in Blackfollows Arthur Kipps ( Daniel Radcliffe ) as a widow lawyer who travels to the remote hamlet of Illmarsh to sort out the affairs of a recently expire node .
The 2012 movie , which starred Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Kipps , made both large and small change to the 1983 gothic horror novel it ’s based on .
What Happened To Arthur & Joseph?
They’re Both Hit By A Train, But They Move On Peacefully
After reunite the intent of Jennet and Nathaniel , Daniel Radcliffe ’s Arthurassumes that the ghost must now be at rest . Having finished the task he set out to complete , he travels to the train place with Sam Daily ( Ciarán Hinds ) to meet his son and nurse , arrive just as they ’re find off the caravan . But , the woman in black ’s work is not complete;she enchants Joseph into stepping away from his nanny and walking on the caravan tracks .
Seeing his Logos on the tracks , Arthur bound down to redeem him at the last mo , but as he grabs his Word , the two of them are collide with by the train and killed . This is record by the horror on the look of both Sam and the nanny , how Arthur and Joseph can no longer see anyone in the train station when they unfold their eyes , and the grey - out background around them . Of course , the freehanded clue to Arthur and Joseph ’s demise is their reunion with Stella , Arthur ’s tardy wife and Joseph ’s mother .
… Arthur ’s presence with Joseph that prevents Jennet from taking him and keeping him pin down with the rest of the tiddler she ’s kill
The reason that Arthur and Joseph are allowed to die and move on peacefully alternatively of being trapped in oblivion with the woman in opprobrious is most likely that Arthur and Joseph died together . It ’s maybe even specificallybecause they were bosom that they were allowed to transition to the next aliveness . Either way , it ’s Arthur ’s presence with Joseph that prevents Jennet from study him and keeping him immobilize with the sleep of the children she ’s killed .
From jump panic to rip and guts , the horror genre definitely seeks to scare but these terrifying moving picture replace the gore with traditional little terror !
What Does Jennet Humfrye Really Want?
She Wants To Punish The Drablows For Nathaniel’s Death Forever
Arthur believes that Jennet Humfrye ’s motivation is to be reunite with her son , and that her murderous rampage will end once her son is brought to eternal sleep . However , as is shown by Arthur and Joseph ’s decease at the end of the movie , Jennet is not sated by Nathaniel receiving a right sepulture , so , it is n’t totally clear why she continues to take the lives of nipper or what is it that she actually want .
She harbour uttermost rage towards the couple both for have her locked away and for taking her boy from her .
demonstrate through her letters to Nathaniel ’s adopted mother and Jennet ’s sister , Alice Drablow , Jennet repeatedly says she will never forgive the Drablows for Nathaniel ’s dying . She harbors extreme rage towards the duet both for make her locked away and for taking her Logos from her . Jennet ’s craze transcends a simple desire to be reunite with Nathaniel . She now exists only to bring annoyance to other parent in the region . She wants to ensure that no extremity of the town can escape have to feel the agony that she was put through in losing her own child .
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Both in Susan Hill ’s novel and in former 1900s folklore , the “ woman in black ” is a supernatural figure that exists solely to punish . Thus , Jennet can not rest with her son because she is no longer just a spirit of herself ; her extreme anger and pain have transformed her into the mythological figure ofThe Woman in Black .
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