What is the meaning behind Shutter Island?

Only Teddy is not a real person but a delusion created by inmate Andrew Laeddis. The ending of “Shutter Island” reveals that DiCaprio’s character is a patient himself, committed to the Shutter Island facility after murdering his wife (Michelle Williams) because she went insane and killed their children.

Who is the girl in the cave in Shutter Island?

Inside the fire-lit cave, Teddy finds a middle-aged woman wielding a knife. He asks her to put down the knife and quickly assumes that she is the “real” Rachel Solando. Rachel explains that she used to work at Ashecliffe as a doctor before being admitted as a patient.

Did Teddy get lobotomized?

Because the doctors were unable to bring Teddy “back to reality,” they have no choice but to lobotomize him. However, what we really see transpire is Teddy choosing to be lobotomized. The doctors’ aggressive role play actually worked—just not in the way they had hoped.

What is the law of 4 in Shutter Island mean?

Edit. What does “The Law of 4” from the note found in Rachel’s room mean? Dr Cawley (Ben Kingsley) explains that the “Law of 4” refers to the fact that two names are anagrams. They are: (1) Dolores Chanal (Andrew’s wife’s maiden name) rearranged to Rachel Solando and (2) Andrew Laeddis rearranged to Edward Daniels.

What do the rats symbolize in Shutter Island?

So, finding the cave, was in itself a manifestation of Teddy’s own mind using “survival instincts” and the rats were most possibly, remnants of his past life during his days at the German Camp, where he may or may not have been a part of and witnessed mass shooting and the pile of the corpses laid alongside the path.

What did the last line in Shutter Island mean?

To live as a monster or to die as a good man?” Teddy deceived chuck by pretending he is still living in his fantasy world resulting a go signal to the doctor to proceed their lobotomy operation unto him which is I think what he expected and decided to go through. That is why he says the last dialogue.

Why does the woman shush in Shutter Island?

The creepy old lady does the shush sign to Teddy because the doctors had told everyone in the hospital about the experiment they are conducting with Teddy, and that they are not supposed to say anything to him about it. The lady is mentally ill and she was telling Teddy to be quiet, in essence not to spoil the secret.

Why does Teddy have a plaster on his head?

Whenever Teddy is pretending to be a U.S. Marshal, he had a bandaid on the left part of his forehead. Almost as if a wound. Teddy has a band aid on his head to represent him having amnesia and constant headaches. In one scene a doctor of the institute calms Teddy down and tells him that he truly is wounded.

What does the lighthouse symbolism in Shutter Island?

‘ By this, he establishes that he believes the lighthouse, or the truth about himself, is what is making the island evil. The lighthouse is separated from the mainland by water and heavily guarded, this is symbolic in the way that he doesn’t want to find out the truth. That the truth of his reality is holding him back.