Window Pane

We have associated windows with Virginia's work throughout class; and this is also relevant for the movie Hours. In one of the final scenes of the movie Richard slowly inches his way to the window as he speaks to Clarissa, the woman who he could never obtain, until he finally tosses himself off the window pane. Rapper Eminem has referred to a window as a passage for escape and the window pane represents all the pain that stands between this as he makes use of this pun; "Now you get to watch her leave out the window guess that's why they call it window pane". 

In Virginia's pieces many of the characters are seen looking through windows towards there dreams or aspirations. However, the window stood as a barrier between their dreams and reality. The scene where Richard commits suicide is representing that he has finally escaped the cruel reality of his life; he was never able to keep the woman of his dreams and used his writing to escape to a fantasy world where everything was perfect. Also, even as a young boy Richard was held back from what he wanted by a thin window as he called for his mother. Finally, the open window was simply the end of his escapade, it revealed his true future, suffering and ultimately death.