Stephanie Lane Sutton

Writing and Rhetoric II: Writing Women Safe

Michelle Sayset

October 24, 2007


He'll Huff and He'll Puff and He'll Blow Your House Down:

Domestic Violence & The Shining

Although domestic violence might not be the first theme that comes to mind when one thinks of The Shining, the infamous "Here's Johnny" scene portrays quite accurately such a situation. Wendy and Danny, after being chased throughout the hotel with an axe, have turned to taking shelter in a bathroom – they are now cornered. Wendy's main concern is to save her child – she sends him down a snowbank out the bathroom window – but is not able to escape herself, and so takes up a knife. Her husband then begins breaking down the door, likening the situation to the story of The Three Little Pigs.

The actions and interactions of the characters in this scene follow the template of the most common domestic violence situations. The perpetrator coaxes to let him in,......

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