E 350 Lecture Notes - Room 237, Abet, Black-Figure Pottery
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Balancing line between the imaginary/psychological and the supernatural. Jack has a history of alcoholism and child abuse, so maybe he"s hallucinating but at the end we know it is supernatural. Danny could be voicing through tony his own fears or supernatural, esp. It lasts as long as we don"t know which it is. Room 237, whatever happens to danny in room 237, lloyd as hallucination or ghost, other occurrences in the gold ballroom. The fantastic is sustained until grady opens the pantry door. Jack fits into the hotel family dynamic (controlling, wendy does the work), pleasure seeking (roaring 20"s, alcohol, doesn"t have to really work for a living), nostalgia for a world that he thinks is easier. Maze actual, model, car driving as if in a maze, carpet patterns. Minotaur half man, half beast, ate children. Jack seems to be in control, but he is overlooking the reality. Black man is sacrificed for the white woman and son.
