interpretation of the ending

Rating: 6/10 (26 June 2007)

I have read several entries suggesting anything from Rose and Sharon being trapped in purgatory to that they are actually dead. I have a much different one. Okay so we understand that there is the "real world" in Sharon is placed for her safety by The Reaper and then is later adopted by Rose and Chris. Then there is the Silent Hill world in which the townies, nurse and Alessa are trapped. And finally we have the nightmare world created the hell in Alessa's mind with The Reaper's help. In order to enter the nightmare world, Rose and Sharon must first enter the limbo/Silent Hill world. Rose by being a mother really exists in the "good" real world as does Sharon/Good Alessa, but in order to rectify the evil acts committed in Silent Hill, they must understand them by allowing the darkness in (Rose when she carries The Reaper into the Church, and Sharon (I believe) when she open her eyes and sees The Reaper). Alessa was not evil, only vengeful and once that vengeance is ended, she is satisfied, but the good cannot return. Rose and Sharon are caught in that same sort of between world--they belong in the "good" but cannot return because of the darkness that they carried. That is why they can return home, but never to the exact place that they were before. Hope that makes sense to anyone... what do you think?