With all the clarity of the metaphor of the wooden Mary eaten by insects from the inside, we are left with the essential questions, put abruptly in the very last words:
Sure, this is an update, a postmodern one, over Mme Bovary.
- Duty? What duty? To whom? To the husband who forbade? To the child to be born? To the family? To the lover's sister?
- Will it be fulfilled?
- Karin is lying? Is she? If so, is it wrong? Is it on the contrary acceptable? Should David accept it?
- Will she kill the larvae or destroy the statute?
- How to resolve the contradictions? Should one? Should one not? Should Karin and David? Do they? Or do they try to escape?
- They seem to be failing, but at what? Are they doomed to fail?
Sure, this is an update, a postmodern one, over Mme Bovary.