Who is the woman in room 237 of "The Shining"?

Carrion. Old woman in bathtub.

Jack saw a woman walking towards him from the bathtub in 237 and kissed Jack, but Jack discovered in the mirror that the woman was actually a rotting corpse. From Jack's subjective perspective, the camera follows his steps into room 237, scans the room environment, and comes to the ajar bathroom door.

Jack hesitated a little and pushed open the bathroom door with his left hand. There is a vague figure behind the bathtub curtain. Jack and the naked woman were kissing, and he opened his eyes inadvertently, full of surprise. The camera flicked to the mirror, and in Jack's arms was the rotting corpse of an old woman.

The Shining:

The Shining is an interesting concept. It is an ability similar to the sixth sense, such as super perception, mind reading, multiple personalities, etc. It is a The unconsciousness of the subject arises, accompanied by the dangerous power of various uncontrollable factors. The screenwriter designated three characters in the film to have this ability. The hero's son Danny and the hotel's black chef Dick are two of them, and the third person is often easily overlooked.

That is the male protagonist Jack played by Jack Nicholson. Unlike the other two, he did not understand the Shining's ability. When this power was activated in the hotel, it aroused the hero's fear, which gradually led him into the abyss of madness.

The male protagonist's madness is not only due to the evil in the quiet depths of the hotel, but also due to his disappointment in his family and his own doubts. In order to allow the audience to understand the process of this change as much as possible, the film uses many "confessions" of the male protagonist to express his dissatisfaction. Jack imagines that his wife no longer loves him and his son is afraid of him. As the son is accidentally injured in the plot , his wife scolded him and further deepened this suspicion.

His emotions began to fluctuate, and finally he completely lost his mind and hunted down his wife and children. In fact, the story trend of what is feared to happen will eventually happen seems to have been fully confirmed in many film and television works. Of course, with the film's many supernatural elements, it's easy to overlook the film's clever metaphors.