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3.1.16.6 Bridges.
** Where do bridges appear and how are they used?
Bridges are literally the physical mechanisms used to join one place to another
across an obstacle or a divide. Jackson used bridges in a pretty conventional, literal way
in "Heavenly Creatures." Pauline's first glimpse of "The Princess of
Ilam" is of Juliet standing at the crest of a bridge between reality and fantasy in
the fountains and gardens of Ilam. What a beautiful vision--Pauline didn't hesitate for a
moment: she left reality far behind her. Pauline had to cross a drawbridge in her vision
of Borovnia to get inside the kingdom and be with her fantasy family. She didn't hesitate
for a moment. She turned her back on reality without a second thought. Nicholas is lured
to his death by a small pink stone on the same drawbridge. He dies by Diello's hand, and
the pink stone is flung, and lands in the real world, rolling across the planking of a
real bridge to the feet of Juliet and Pauline. The drawbridge worked both ways--fantasy
was made concrete and real. Honora was killed in Victoria Park just past a small, rather
pathetic little wooden bridge. But she crossed it. Pauline hoped against hope that this
bridge would let her escape reality. She used her magic stone.
** Who or what was the obstacle?
Honora, identified as such in Pauline's diary voiceover. Juliet says: "Only
the best people fight against all obstacles in pursuit of happiness." Another direct
quote from real life.
