When Carrie gets home after destroying the prom and killing Chris and Billy, she walks upstairs and calls for Margaret. Carrie retaliates by pinning Mom to the wall telekinetically with a bunch of butcher knives. WebCarrie instantly feels she has been wronged, and begins to question whether her life would have been different should she have had a college education. As a result, Carrie's mind lost sight of the gymnasium doors for a second and some of the Prom goers almost got out. Margaret also disliked her mother, Judith and her new husband, Harold Allison, because Margaret believed that both were living in sin. When Carrie hopped off the stage's platform, Miss Desjardin came rushing towards her with a lying compassion. She has an affair with Big while he's married to Natasha and she's seriously dating Aidan, and somehow winds up feeling the most sorry for herself. She evidently has the presence of mind to "fall" and not hurt herself too much. She then told Carrie, that boys only wanted "sex" from young girls like herself. She spoke to her mother, saying that she would give her darkness and send her to "whatever God lives there". She tells Sue (who didn't know) that she is pregnant with a girl before throwing her out to safety. Patricia Clarkson as Carrie's mother Margaret White in Carrie (2002 remake). Patricia Clarkson portrayed Margaret White in the 2002 film remake. This Margaret is much calmer, but she also tries to kill Carrie for the same reasons, too. In this version, however, she doesn't try to kill Carrie with a knife. Unaware of this, Carrie believed she was bleeding to death and asked for help from the other girls. She then stalked the frightened child Carrie arrived just in time to catch Chris and Billy fleeing the establishment after making love inside. Carrie then agreed into dancing with Tommy, On the spur of the moment, Carrie had her first kiss with him. This incident would cause a chain reaction of events to occur that would lead to not only Carrie's demise but also hundreds of others, whether guilty or innocent. She lies down on the bed with her. Margaret was very evil and very abusive to her daughter, Carrie. After scanning Sue's brain, she realizes that she had nothing to do with the prank. When she swam in the camp's lake, they ducked her head underwater. One day after P.E. Margaret first discovers Carrie's telekinetic powers, when she slams all the windows shut trapping her in and Carrie tells her she is going to the Prom. After Popo died, An-mei's mother prepared to leave. The other day, Carrie saw from afar Miss Collins confronting the girls over the incident in the shower. (We probably didnt need to hear Ron Rifkin give a speech on daddy issues, but this was a backstory we could get behind Margaret had a serious mental problem that made her devote her life to being a Christian who believed everything was sinful, even sexual intercourse, including within marriage. Carrie (2002) Carrie then falls down the stairs and brutally hits the wall, leaving a bloodstain. Margaret is seen glaring behind the bushes, when she sees Carrie going with Tommy in a limo. Ignoring her sorrow, a cold-hearted Margaret simply forced Carrie to pray, because she is still a girl who, according to her twisted beliefs, was susceptible to temptation. Every time she uses a fake "ghetto" accent, somebody gets Lyme disease. Carrie (2013) Carrie's powers were strong even when she was a small child and she was also able to read other people's minds and inner thoughts when they were close enough to her, namely Miss Desjardin, the gym teacher, who secretly felt both disgusted and pity for the young girl. Carrie (1976) We learn that Sue had a mental breakdown and was put into a mental hospital due to the guilt of what happened to Carrie, Tommy Ross and all the other students she knew back in 1979. Family information She locks Carrie in the closet and scrapes her own arms with her nails until she bleeds. Her fanaticism is proven when Carrie goes outside and sees Estelle Horan, the daughter of her neighbor, sunbathing. In 1960, she met the equally religious Ralph White. Before she has the chance to do it, however, Carrie sends a group of knifes, pinning her against the doorway and killing her instantly, thus ending her life once and for all. Some ways to approach this: 1. Carrie went to the stage and was coronated in tears, and noticed as Sue appeared and was expelled from the gym by Miss Collins. Whos laughing now, Mom? Carrie was also uncoordinated in her movements and once fell flat on her face during dance class in sophomore year and chipped a tooth. But when the crowd began to sing the school song as tradition, this was the cue for an unseen Chris to pull a rope cord that caused the two buckets above to tip over and drench Carrie and Tommy with the rotting pig's blood while they sat on the thrones for the King and Queen. And as a result, Carrie has become somewhat of an "urban legend" even though the telekinesis part of the story is not taken too seriously, and looked at as a "suicide-revenge" type thing. At 1:39:59 in this alternate ending, there is a 'hidden' frame with Carrie, still in her prom dress, covered in blood, holding Sue's baby. Carrie yelled that it was not her name and his ashtray fell off his desk as if it moved by itself. She is allegedly the only daughter of Margaret and Ralph White, even though it hints that Ralph may have had other children with different women. Carrie admits that she doesnt want to kill herself, she just wants to stop hurting. Tommy was hit on the head by the bucket above them and fell unconscious. Carrie later went on to help other teens with their telekinesis in a hidden manner. Margaret then told Carrie about how she considered on killing herself after having intercourse for the first time, her miscarriage and how Carrie was conceived due to marital rape. Carrie reappears in the sequel, but only in flashbacks through a now middle-aged Sue Snell's memories about what happened regarding the events, which later lead to The Black Prom. Many perish in the fire (except Ms. Desjardin) and Carrie leaves, leaving a massive trail of destruction and flames while she walks home. Webcarrie got her period for the first time, she thought she was bleeding to death, they were throwing tampons at her and telling her to plug it up. and the word echoed in her mind. Carrie is deaf and mute, but finds other ways to assert her However, one night in December of 1963, Ralph tried to seduce Margaret and she kicked him out of the house. In the first section of the story, Carrie had a greasy face with blackheads and wore stockings that were always running or about to run and she was always showing sweat stains under the arms of her blouses. Miss Desjardin came out of her office to stop the commotion and to stop the hysterical Carrie from panicking, Miss Desjardin slapped her across the face which caused a light bulb above them to explode and a bucket of baseball bats to knock over all by itself. Stephen King Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. Don't worry about her truly hurting herself. Ralph told Margaret that they "slipped" and promised it would never happen again. In the 2013 remake, Carrie White mentioned that she inherited her telekinetic power from either her father Ralph, or from her great-grandmother Sadie Cochran, who was the mother of Judith Cochran, the mother-in-law of John Brigham, the grandmother of. Carrie was, however, mocked by Chris Hargensen, Norma Watson and Sue Snell as they threw tampons all over her, ignoring her desperation. She desperately wants to please her abusive, Bible-thumping mother, but even more badly, she just wants a normal life. The level of Carrie's "un-coolness" and the height of constant and verbal abuse she endured at the hands of her mother and peers and fellow classmates in the novel was far more extreme compared to the versions of the films. A loved child, but a child nonetheless. As Tommy arrived, Carrie mentally telekinetically pushed her mother onto the bed to contain her, and left after saying she loved her. The mother hurts herself (example: She stabs herself with sewing needles). As Margaret tried to hit Carrie again, Carrie stood up to her mother and stopped Margaret's hand in mid-air with her telekinesis, preventing the hand from reaching her face. When Carrie saw her mother and vice versa, both were shocked to realize that one wanted to kill the other. In her early years, Margaret's father, John Brigham was killed in a brutal gun battle and several years later she opened a fundamentalist church group. So Carrie had to stay in the closet for hours on end until her mother decided to release her. Later, when Carrie urinated in the bushes on the camp's hiking trip and came into contact with poison ivy after wiping with the wrong leaves, the kids called her "scratch a**". Here are a few characteristics of the narcissistic mother. At Prom night, Margaret approached Carrie, stating that she knew Carrie would wear "red", while her dress was actually pink. Margaret White (Mother)Ralph White (Father)Judith Brigham (Grandmother)John Brigham (Grandfather)Rachel Lang (younger half-sister) Originally Published: Feb. 8, 2018. Indeed, Carrie was at the bottom of the social pyramid, but what no one knew, not even her mother, was that Carrie White was no ordinary girl, as she had been blessed or cursed, with hidden telekinetic and telepathic powers that were dormant during her youth, but brought to full force by the time she was in high school after she unexpectedly had her first period in the girl's locker room. Enraged, Carrie acts strongly similar to, Carrie is not gifted with telepathy in the films. Now there are instanceswhere Carrie's special abilities manifested all by itself without her even trying. She demands that she is going and wants to be normal. Age For the mere reason of having telekinesis she says she is a witch and witches have to die according to God. On the eve of her departure, she told An-mei a story from her childhood, when she was a little girl about An-mei's age. Enraged, Carrie used her powers to close every door of the gym, locking everyone in, and turned the lights red. The incidents of the rain of stones in both the past, when Carrie was a child, and in the present, when she destroys her house. Just as planned, Carrie and Tommy were announced as the winners. The younger Carrie was played by Jodelle Ferland who causes a rain of fiery stones to fall out of the sky like in the novel. Before she could reach her, Carrie looked at Miss Desjardin's direction and she flew backward as if she was being pushed by an unseen force. Carrie then, with her last strength, stops her heart, killing her. This surprised both Tommy and Carrie, who walked away as if nothing had happened. There she meets Tommy's friend George and his girlfriend, Erika. Her memory about what happened will haunt her for the rest of her life. Margaret lived with her parents John and Judith Brigham in Motton, Maine until 1960, when she moved to Chamberlain with Ralph White. She took out her knife and told Carrie that she tried to kill her twice before during the first few years of her life, but didn't because she was "weak". Carrie is especially unattractive because of her mother's control over her. 8. by Carolyn Steber. Angered, Carrie caused his ashtray to fall down and be knocked out by Carrie, after the principal kept calling her "Cassie". Still, Margaret's death continues to haunt Carrie afterwards during her journey to Florida with Sue. Carrie left as Mr. Fromm burned to his death, which set the gym on fire. Despite being the main antagonist, she wasn't revealed to be the true villain until the very end. For some reason, both viewed any form of sex, even marital intercourse, as sinful. WebSebastian Kydd is a central character in The Carrie Diaries, in which he is portrayed by Austin Butler. Later, when Carrie announces that she has been asked to the prom, Margaret throws tea at her head in an attempt to dissuade her. All the while, Carrie was repeatedly teased and bullied by her classmates at every school she ever attended. We know that he is willing to resort She unleashes her power on everyone by locking the doors and causing objects such as tables and chairs to fly around the room, killing several people. When she gets the call, that Carrie had her period, she slaps Carrie at home and drags her into the closet, where she has to pray because of she is guilty of Eve's Disobedience (women are punished by God for Eve eating from the forbidden tree and then encouraging Adam to do so). Carrie was the eldest of four girls and two boys. Her death causes Carrie to destroy the house with her and her mother in it dying on the way. Reluctant to vote for themselves, Tommy persuaded her to do so. When Carrie tells Margaret, that she's been asked to the prom, she says no. Margaret reacted by throwing tea on Carrie's face, and tried to force her into prayers in the closet once again, because boys always came after "the blood". Margaret then tells Carrie after the Prom massacre at home, that she was raped by Ralph, gains her trust and then stabs Carrie in the back. 5. Carrie was very nervous, excited and happy all at the same time and was determined to keep her promise to Tommy and go. This woman died because her master beat her child out of her. The 1976 film of Carrie starred Sissy Spacek. Perhaps after you have done this for a bit you will not get as upset when she criticizes you. Kevin sighs that home just feels like another stop in his travels to Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and Maine. Patricia Clarkson as Carrie's mother Margaret White in Carrie (2002 remake). Margaret then gasps air-less, while Carrie frees her from this position and later dies in Carrie's arms. Carrie found that Sue was innocent and never really felt any personal hatred towards her. Though Margaret had love for her daughter, her illness warped her perspective on reality and prevented her from loving Carrie in a responsible, positive way. Carrie's body was taken in for examination because of what happened. Carrie gives in and dances with him. While a male bystander is walking nearby, he carelessly drops his lighted cigarette on the ground, not realizing the streets are covered in gas. She locks her in the closet and orders her to pray for "forgiveness" when she learns about the shower incident, because she said it was a "curse" for Eve's disobedience offering Adam the fruit and creating the original sin. Margaret still did not want Carrie to go and began slapping her. Movie info It is true that full-blown narcissists are unlikely to change, but the adult child can do his or her own internal work for recovery. It was the one and only exit that Carrie forgot to seal. Stephen King states that the character of Carietta White, was based off of two real girls who he knew in his adolescent years while in grade school, both girls were bullied very much and one of them, like Carrie, had a fanatically religious mother. Still, a few items on this list may have affected you. Carrie researches about telekinesis for better understatement, while in the novel, she never does so. Hearing this, many people inside panicked and that started a stampede. A fire starts and the school burns down. Throughout much of the movie, there were segments where different characters gave their accounts of the Ewen High prom night incident. Seconds after the blood dump, one of the buckets fell on top of Tommy's head, knocking him out instantly and possibly even killing him. Finallythe incident also became in time some kind of "Urban Legend" in the town. Suddenly, one of the band musicians on stage was severely electrocuted by the large amp that had gotten soaked from the water. Not only is the movie gory and vulgar, it also contains a sex scene. Margaret Brigham-White, best known as Margaret White is the opening antagonist of the Stephen King multiverse. In the 2013 film adaptation, when Carrie tells Sue that her baby is a girl (conceived by both Sue and Tommy Ross) and saves her life from the destruction of her house, it is possible that Carrie now treats Sue as a friend.