About the pregnant woman in The Talented Mr.Ripley
In the movie The Talented Mr.Ripley, was there any conclusive evidence in the film if the pregnant girl was murdered or was it simply a suicide. If she was pregnant, was there no way to know who the father was?
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The Italian girl drowned herself/committed suicide following Dickie's rejection of her, as it would have been a humiliating and unbearable situation to be an unmarried mother in Italy in the 1950s.
I could be wrong but I don't think it was ever suggested that it was murder, in either the film or the book.
I think it was quite clear that Dickie was the father but he wanted nothing to do with it, as it would upset his comfortable life. So I don't see that as an issue, and as you point out in your comment, it would have been pretty hard to ascertain that then anyway.
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The Italian girl drowned herself/committed suicide following Dickie's rejection of her, as it would have been a humiliating and unbearable situation to be an unmarried mother in Italy in the 1950s. I could be wrong but I don't think it was ever suggested that it was murder, in either the film or the book.What does the end of The Talented Mr Ripley mean?
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