The ending is so ambiguous that I often change my mind about what happens to her after “the end.”, “Do you see Catherineâs desertion of Morris as an action committed by a jaded, embittered woman, or do you see it as an act of liberation? Henry James is not easily adapted to the screen. The film was directed by William Wyler, and stars Olivia de Havilland in the title role of Catherine Sloper, a young and naive heiress set to inherit her father’s significant fortune. Take a look at her face, at 1:22 of the first video I embedded. I can’t believe that kind and simple Catherine could lose her humanity almost to the point of evil. Ms. de Havilland is a new favorite of mine, to me she’s at least the equal of Crawford, Davis, Hepburn and other big names. A year or two ago, I read the novel on which it is based. And certainly aware of her worth and not naive enough to be taken in again. In the film I got the feeling that William Wyler did not want to show Olivia DeHavilland, in the final scene, as a cold heart woman so Wyler added that sweet yet confusing smile. I shall see that he doesn’t come a third time. Why not give Morris the benefit of the doubt? One can imagine a happy ending for Catherine if you really want to because the novel indicates she went on to do charitable work, l made up my own happy ending by extending that info, but that’s just me wanting my happily ever after. I am thrilled to know there are others who see this movie as I do. So she escaped. The question for me is the effect her actions (although in many ways understandable) on her. Catherine would REALLY have become her father then, with all the mixed love/hate feelings and resentments, and the kid would have been just as sad and confused. The final scene –Catherine is wearing white (bridal). Curran goes to Catherine's house to interrogate her about the victim and what happened that night. Her father said her only talent was that she embroidered neatly. She may have made the “wrong” choice to some, but some may argue it wasn’t a choice but rather Catherine was beaten up to submission. She barely passed high school after getting pulled into a spiral of drugs, parties and dissipation. I guess we’ll never know whether or not Catherine would have had a miserable life with Morris. The Index contains references which you must use to acquire a birth certificate, marriage certificate, or death certificate. If no one counts the original ending of James, one thing or another can happen. But at the end, I do think that Morris fell in love with her and she knew it! Yet the House’s strange protocols make this refuge, with its worn velvet and weathered leather, feel increasingly like a gilded prison. He gave here the best, made time for her, tried to keep Morris away from her, didn’t wish to tell her early on that Morris was no good, did want to disinherit her etc. She changed. Sort of a cleaning away of the old, false dream. Catherine loses that when Morris deserts her, and Aunt Penniman doesn’t. I guess I can see both sides of the coin, but I tend to agree with Sarahâs interpretation above. That’s when he starts to pound the door. Catherine completely ignores Morris, leaving him outside knocking and banging on the door to be let in. However, I have to wonder: is her ascending the stair supposed to be a proper ascension (meaning her “rising above” the past so to speak) or her finally deciding to stay tied to the Square? This is one of my all time favorite movie.I believe that the final scene shows Catherine even though she was jaded with mistrust & hurt for what was done to her, she found closure in the end, & can truly move on with her life. That was the one thing she ever enjoyed. That's why it's wound doesn't heal, but never gets any words. Her voice changes as she says: He came back here with the same lies. Fortunately, they have both lived longer than the characters in the novel, and some reconciliation has happened between them, though I’ve no doubt that the wounds and paternal regret are still quite alive beneath the surface. Her destiny was the stairs, and life alone. Whatever oneâs interpretation, it just goes to show what a great movie âThe Heiressâ is that it continues to rouse such conversation after all this time! Says it all! Sure, she could have not let him in the second time, but she was curious and she just wanted to be in his presence, one more time. [I don't understand the ending. Holy emotional incest! Iâve heard mixed reviews about this production, but it would be interesting to see if any new references are added. She feels powerful but she thinks people will only use her for her power and what she gives them. Never noticed that–thank you for that insight. The end may be open to interpretation. Because I saw the movie before reading the book, it made some thought adjustment necessary. He has grown greedier with the years. I believe he did love her but was embarrassed that she was not the picture of social elegance her mother was. She could have survived with her sweet character in tact even with her father constantly undermining her with insults and criticisms and thus creating a scared, self-conscious woman with low esteem who actually begged her father to try to come up with something nice to say about her when he was going to meet with Morris (watch both of her Aunts’ expressions, it was heartbreaking for them), but Morris’ betrayal basically validating what her father said about her when he finally told her what he truly thought of her AND her Aunt giving away that she too saw Catherine that way even if she still cared for her just as she was unlike her father, was too much. By the top of the stairs she smiles, walks proud, and feels a lightness she hasn’t felt before. Kinda like GWTW! And perhaps this is why it has stood the test of time so well, though people never seem to refer to it in the same vein as other, later movies that deal with the same themes. Catherine continues this act of happiness until he leaves, and proceeds to let her aunt know that she has no intention of going with Morris. This is a women’s movie, before those were being regularly made. I believe she planned on killing herself by setting fire to the house. The two major men in her life were the ones responsible for this…first her father. I agree with most of what I have read but I do believe that Catherine’s father really did love her! May 12, 2020. However, de Havilland’s portrayal of Catherine gives us an incredibly real portrait of this woman, and it is magnificently clear that there many, many facets to Catherine. You could see his expression change when she told him she had refused her father’s money the night of their first “elopement”. “I have been taught by masters”. The St Catherine's House Index or General Register Office Index is the index to 98% of births, marriages, and deaths in England & Wales since July 1837 until 2009. The key to understanding the maturity of Catherine, was days later–when she visited Morris’ aunt–the final blow to her ego–and hopes. The wave of change for women was on the horizon and she was ready for it, even perhaps push it along. Catherine and Aunt Penniman are very much alike toward the beginning, naively optimistic and almost childlike in their personalities and the way they relate to people. And that is why the ending is so unreal to me. Catherine’s closure is freedom from the need for love or praise from anyone. I think there’s a lot of sexual subtext in this story, but at the same time I’m hesitant to cheer on an erotic re-telling, given the kind of bottom-of-the-barrel nonsense that gets churned out in the erotica genre (I’m looking at you, 50 Shades of Grey). Catherine’s transformation from a naive, timid young woman to a strong, though somewhat hardened (and yes, resentful) adult is one of my favorite aspects of the film and, in my opinion, gives the story more realism and makes ‘The Heiress’ such a wonderful character study. To me, this was the act of a woman who had become so jaded that she was capable of truly nasty revenge. At the end, when he heard her father died (and she had his money), here comes Morris professing his love for her again. With its conclusion, Catherine House transforms from an unenjoyable novel to a loathsome exercise. Female anger (especially when it’s justified) is obviously terribly frightening to people. Perhaps this is the moment when Catherine finally, and with certainty, realizes he is truly a gold digger. I will never understand why people are harder on women who don’t just suck it up, bend over and “forgive” those who hurt them. She knew this the first time. "Catherine House is a novel that lingers long after the final page. Is she rising above the past? First of all, I LOVE this film. Catherine basically saw the buttons more valuable than she. What’s to stop her from going out into the community and maybe putting her money to good use, perhaps via charity and public works? Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. In the end Catherine Tramell tries to pick up the ice pick in the sex scene which is her murder tool from the first kill, which signifies that she was the killer from the start. I like your analysis of the embroidery. I guess the question is whether or not she will actually have happiness with Morris after what he did to her. I don’t believe Catherine is a newfound woman at all. Long Life to the Lovely Livie! It's a haunting, mesmerizing debut—a modern gothic tale that is both profoundly moving and eerily disturbing. Catherine lived her life being put down, ignored, and made to feel like she was nothing. A friend and fellow cinephile, with whom I discussed this scene, reads into the ending a bit differently than I do. I don’t know if it was intentional on the director’s part, but that moment strikes me as a wonderful visual communication of the idea that the personalities of these two people are intersecting at this point (of cruelty). As Morris comes, Catherine instructs the maid: “Bolt it, Maria.” Maria bolts the door, then proceeds to go to bed. In the morning after the desertion, she ascends the stairway with dread and resignation. Catherine had previously told her father that if she had to buy a man’s love, she wanted it to be Morris’. That people like Baby were being experimented on? I don’t see her as hard or bitter, more toughened and aware. If so, why? As for Morris – you could practically see him appraising the house as he strutted around it, both before and after his desertion. Trust us, you belong here. Was it to get revenge, or was it to liberate herself from his influence? Interesting, I have a different reading on Aunt Penniman. I guess I will be the only one who sees a different ending. This is the late 1800s, the womenâs suffrage movement was afoot. You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Olivia de Havilland is a true artist and genius. If we saw a little spark of the old Catherine in that tiny smile, this 31-second character examination is that smile magnified x 1000. The same silly phrases. In the play, he admits that he gave her all that schooling so she would “make it up” to him for killing his wife – by becoming her! At least in Washington Square. She simply allowed him to ramble on and spin his web of lies about not showing up that awful night because it wasn’t fair to her to lose her inheritance on account of him. She’d already made up in her mind, long before Townsend had reappeared that he never truly loved her, and that perhaps she wasn’t worth his love. [I was wondering if they intended for Inez to be an experiment all along. I don’t blame Catherine. Baby ended up in the same scenario, but was still stewing in her coffin box or whatever. I had never seen this movie prior to the TCM screening (which is odd because I’ve heard a lot about it, luckily nothing about the end) …..and wow — I was surprised and pleased by the ending. I had this exact conversation yesterday after a friend watched ‘The Heiress’ on my recommendation, knowing it’s one of my favorite movies. The actions of the others in her life have hardened her, but the right circumstances can make her soften to what she used to be. Do you see Catherine’s desertion of Morris as an action committed by a jaded, embittered woman, or do you see it as an act of liberation?
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