What did the Law of 4 mean in Shutter Island?

What did the Law of 4 mean in Shutter Island?

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.

Is Teddy the 67th patient?

Cawley assures Teddy that there is no 67th patient, and tells him that Rachel has actually been found. In her cell, accompanied by Cawley and Chuck, Teddy asks Rachel what she did yesterday, using the sighting of a “known communist subversive” as a pretext for the question.

Why did the lady say run in Shutter Island?

Kearns writes “run” on the paper she slips to Teddy because she knows he has an opportunity to escape while they’re doing the whole role play experiment. It’s also why she sounds “coached” about what to tell Teddy – she has been.

Who was the lady 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.

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.

What do the rats mean in Shutter Island?

Before this, he sees Chuck’s corpse on the rocks but it is seemingly washed away by water, wiping away another made up image. He then sees hundreds of rats pouring out of a hole, signifying erupting desire out of paranoia and initiating the Rachel hallucination.

Who is the guy in the cell in Shutter Island?

DiCaprio’s character is actually Andrew Laeddis (a.k.a. patient 67), a disturbed inmate of Shutter Island who the doctors are trying to rehabilitate.

Who is the girl in the cave in Shutter Island?

What is the significance of the rats 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.

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.

Why did the lady shush in Shutter Island?

What’s the truth in 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.