Death and the Maiden

In some of the other posts people commented on on how well Paulina's emotions. To me this played a big role in the differentiation of the written script and the film. Being able to see her frustration and grief made me feel more of a connection to her character. Dr. Miranda was very straight-faced which made me feel disconnected with that particular character. When Paulina accused him he did not give any tell-tale signs that he was involved in her torture. I also think that the choice of not using flashbacks was a great idea. The viewer gets to out together their own pieces of the puzzle and decide who may be guilty and who may be innocent. The story is well written in the sense that it lets the reader or viewer be the judge. We get to see the humane and inhumane qualities of all three of the characters. We are reminded that people are people. They all, to an extent, do good and they do bad.
         To me Death and the Maiden is a metaphor for the average person(Paulina) and their frustration with political injustice (torture tactics); be it inequality of that person or the the inequality they've seen inflicted on others.