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REDRUM (/ɹidː.ɹʌm/), also stylized as REDЯUM, refers to the word murder, spelled backwards Danny Torrance has a vision of the word REDRUM appearing on a wall, where it then transforms into the word MURDER, directly below the word REDRUM. He is aware of this as he saw this in a vision before arriving at the Overlook Hotel. His first vision is of the hotel, where "a single word appeared in ...
Danny is obsessive about learning to read because he is compelled to know what “Redrum” and the other words from his visions mean. Danny is terrified by his visions of the figure with the mallet that’s associated with “redrum,” but if he can just read the word, he will be that much closer to figuring out what it is and hopefully defeating it.
I'm currently reading The Shining and there's a lot of discussion amongst the characters about what 'redrum' means. It's such a part of pop culture now, so I knew what it meant when starting, and I wondered if it would've been slightly better figuring it out for myself/having it explained by the book at the part where Danny figures it out.
We use the word REDRUM throughout this guide to refer to killing and violence. If you really want to understand redrum, try this brief exercise. First, get some red lipstick (like Danny writes with...
First, get some red lipstick (like Danny writes with in the movie, but not the book) and write REDRUM on a piece of paper. Now go into the bathroom and stand in front of the mirror. Turn off the lights. Hold up your piece of paper and say, "Bloody Mary" thirteen times. If you are still alive after that, turn on the light and look at your paper ...
Analysis. Wendy stands staring at Danny as he sleeps. She can’t decide what to do. It has been a half an hour since the music and the elevator stopped, and Wendy is even more scared in the silence. She looks at Danny again and wonders when was the last time he got a full night’s sleep. She can feel the hotel tightening its hold on them.
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Tony manages to come through near the end of the novel and tells Danny that he, Tony, is a part of him. Tony is the part of Danny that “knows things,” the part that “shines,” and he is the part of him that knows Jack is the figure with the mallet and that “redrum” is murder. Tony stands in front of Danny for the first time, and it ...
