How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
I am really doing it, I am really doing this all by myself, now, at last; this is me, I am really really really doing it by myself. (9.114)
Even at the end of the novel, we get no resolution for the problem of freedom and confinement. We might be tempted to say that this suicidal act is the ultimate act of freedom on Eleanor's part. But then again, it could simply prove how much power Hill House holds over her.