Sylvia Scarlett

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Sylvia says to herself, "Poor Mama," before her father Henry enters and they discuss her death. (0:02)

Sylvia, dressed as a man (as she is during most of the remainder of the film), gets kicked out of a ladies room. (0:06)

Henry translates from Sylvia's French, "His father being a hopeless drunkard..." (0:18)

After experessing jealous delusions Henry hallucinates a rat. (1:12)

Sylvia sees her father's lifeless body at the bottom of the cliffs. (1:15)

Sylvia tells Monk, after rescuing Lilly from the surf, "She was ready to die." (1:22)

Sylvia tells Michael, "She tried to drown herself."
Michael, referring to Monk: "Is he a lunatic?" (1:23)

Bereavement | cross-dressing | delusion | hallucination | suicide

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