The Bird Cage...
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The Bird Cage...
I searched and didn't find this anywhere else, but I remember in the Reverse Hospital there was a room with an empty bird cage inside. The room here was Silent (irony) , but when you entered a similar room in Nowhere, you could hear a bird flapping it's wings in the room. The creepy part was that there was no bird. This scared the shit out of me the first time, and I was just wondering if a bird/bird cage has any deeper meaning in Silent Hill? I haven't seen any related things to a bird, so was wondering if anyone had any theories.
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I think you hit the nail on the head there.Adrasteia wrote:If there is actually a connection, I'd say it means something along these lines:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
Bird in a cage has finally escaped (Alessa trapped and now creating her own world)
Bird was trapped in a cage for so long that it became a ghost (also sort of like Alessa)
harry knows that cheryl is in silent hill, but doesnt see her
perhaps the bird signifies the presence of cheryl (alessa) or anything
but its not seen only heard (since birds dont write letters or clues)
it seems to signal alessa being caged, but has found release thru her subconscious mind, which silent hill reovolves around seemingly
perhaps the bird signifies the presence of cheryl (alessa) or anything
but its not seen only heard (since birds dont write letters or clues)
it seems to signal alessa being caged, but has found release thru her subconscious mind, which silent hill reovolves around seemingly
HARK, do you not hear the voices,
they are only audible if you listen first
they are only audible if you listen first
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I am sure that it once held a bird of a paitent. But now the bird flies free. If you recall when you go in there, you hear the flutter of wings.
It could be symbolic of something, but I don't got the faintist...
It could be symbolic of something, but I don't got the faintist...
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i think the clue lies in the fact that, when in the hospital, there is no sound. why is this? well, think about alessa. where is she at this point? she's out and about, creating the seal, no longer trapped in the hospital. alessa made this nightmare and this metaphor too. when alessa is bound to dahlia towards the end of the game, she is once again trapped. and her metaphor changes accordingly. the bird is trapped again. such is the nature of nowhere, a claustrophobic environment composed only of alessas memories and resentments.
im pretty sure thats exactly it.
im pretty sure thats exactly it.
they look like monsters to you?
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yeah it was in the cage( the sound i mean) but i thought that it was somewhere in the room too. until i clearly checked every corner, and i came to the conclusion it was symbolic, or just a creep factor, but creep factors are there to be read into and discussed
HARK, do you not hear the voices,
they are only audible if you listen first
they are only audible if you listen first
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From the sound of the fluttering of the wings, it seemed to me that the bird (if it had been there) was trapped in the cage. It wasn't just a normal, relaxed flapping of wings as if the bird were flying. It sounded as if it were struggling, and trapped. So it didn't cross my mind that the bird was elsewhere in the room.