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[Explore Stack Internal](https://stackoverflow.co/internal/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=movies-community&utm_campaign=side-bar&utm_content=explore-teams-compact-popover) # [Ending of Shutter Island](https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/3574/ending-of-shutter-island) [Ask Question](https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/ask) Asked 13 years, 4 months ago Modified [6 years ago](https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/3574/ending-of-shutter-island?lastactivity "2019-12-17 13:21:33Z") Viewed 6k times 6 In **Shutter Island**, it's hard to understand the ending because it's quite ambiguous. I think, a while before the ending of the movie Teddy confessed to Dr. Cawley as, he's Andrew Laeddis and he killed his wife. Then, he walked with Chuck in the final scene. What's the significance of this scene? **Was Teddy really cured?** If he was cured, why didn't they just arrest him for the crime of killing his wife? What's the significance of Dr. Cawley's eye gesture at the final scene? - [plot-explanation](https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/plot-explanation "show questions tagged 'plot-explanation'") - [shutter-island](https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/shutter-island "show questions tagged 'shutter-island'") [Share](https://movies.stackexchange.com/q/3574 "Short permalink to this question") [Improve this question](https://movies.stackexchange.com/posts/3574/edit) Follow [edited Aug 3, 2012 at 10:19](https://movies.stackexchange.com/posts/3574/revisions "show all edits to this post") [](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/1088/wanderingscribe) [wanderingscribe](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/1088/wanderingscribe) 1122 bronze badges asked Aug 1, 2012 at 15:24 [](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/556/vijin-paulraj) [Vijin Paulraj](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/556/vijin-paulraj) 20\.6k4343 gold badges111111 silver badges164164 bronze badges 3 - 1 A) This is 2 separate questions, it seems. and B) [this is very similar](http://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/13/in-shutter-island-is-there-any-definitive-evidence-that-teddy-was-or-was-not-cr) Tablemaker – [Tablemaker](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/130/tablemaker "35,031 reputation") 2012-08-01 16:01:24 +00:00 Commented Aug 1, 2012 at 16:01 - You may be right, however as @Morpheus mentioned in the answer, he may be cured. So, why didn't they accept the confession and just arrest him. Further, the question you've mentioned didn't address about Dr.Cawley's eye gesture IMO. Vijin Paulraj – [Vijin Paulraj](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/556/vijin-paulraj "20,614 reputation") 2012-08-01 16:15:34 +00:00 Commented Aug 1, 2012 at 16:15 - Can you remind me what the gesture was? iandotkelly – [iandotkelly](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/40/iandotkelly "60,452 reputation") ♦ 2012-08-01 17:16:53 +00:00 Commented Aug 1, 2012 at 17:16 [Add a comment](https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/3574/ending-of-shutter-island "Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid answering questions in comments.") \| ## 5 Answers 5 Sorted by: [Reset to default](https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/3574/ending-of-shutter-island?answertab=scoredesc#tab-top) 7 My answer is just the opinion of me, and not based on hard proof. That said, I think Teddy was really cured, but he just pretended that he was still investigating the case. That way, he wouldn't get arrested for killing his wife and could just "role-play" his life again and again without arousing any suspicion. For your second question, I think Teddy just made his game (pretending he wasn't cured) seem more realistic. His conversation with Chuck before getting up and walking away convinced Chuck that Teddy really *is not* cured. That may be the reason Chuck looked at the doctors(?) and slowly shakes his head while maintaining eye contact. Another theory is that (for your 2nd question), Teddy just confessed his cure to Chuck in that conversation before getting up and walking away. But Chuck decided not to tell the doctors(?) of Teddy's cure. 'Cause if he *did* that, Teddy would definitely be locked away. Teddy's constant role-playing with Chuck may developed some connection (pity? friendship?) between them- and Chuck decided not to give up Teddy. This is just my opinion and the way I interpreted it and *may* be wrong. [Share](https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/3668 "Short permalink to this answer") [Improve this answer](https://movies.stackexchange.com/posts/3668/edit) Follow answered Aug 6, 2012 at 3:52 [](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/125/roshnal) [Roshnal](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/125/roshnal) 3,67777 gold badges3131 silver badges3737 bronze badges [Add a comment](https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/3574/ending-of-shutter-island "Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.") \| 5 As far as I know, if you commit some crime and are found mentally ill, you do not go to jail. Instead you go to a mental hospital, where you are treated until you are fine. Then you are free. Hence the whole "pleading insanity" option in various movies/tv shows. It would not make sense to stay 3 years in a hospital and then also get the full sentence. This being said, lucidity would not also bring his arrest. Now, as to the whole problem, to my mind he is cured at the end, but keeps pretending in order to be lobotomized. He realizes that he cannot live knowing the truth, preferring this solution instead. The doctor's nod means(to my mind) that he gives the permission for lobotomy. It is a sad look, so it cannot mean that he tells them that it worked. [Here](https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/3575/what-is-the-meaning-of-teddys-last-dialogue-in-shutter-island) is a similar question and the accepted answer provides more details. There still remains an unanswered question(nobody has asked it, but I believe that there is also no proper answer to it): Does the doctor understand what Teddy means? More precise, is aware that Teddy is cured and approves the lobotomy as a favor for him(the gift of mercy) or is he simply fooled by Teddy's acting and does not understand the meaning of the last sentence? [Share](https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/23267 "Short permalink to this answer") [Improve this answer](https://movies.stackexchange.com/posts/23267/edit) Follow [edited Apr 13, 2017 at 12:54](https://movies.stackexchange.com/posts/23267/revisions "show all edits to this post") [](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/-1/community) [Community](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/-1/community)Bot 1 answered Jul 22, 2014 at 10:49 [](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/418/dragos) [Dragos](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/418/dragos) 2,54633 gold badges2222 silver badges2525 bronze badges 1 - the: to live as a monster or die a good person line is the give-away for this, like the other answer says. He cannot go through living, knowing he killed his wife. goo answer, i'd just have put more emphasis on the monster line. Vincent – [Vincent](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/20353/vincent "225 reputation") 2015-04-10 09:35:14 +00:00 Commented Apr 10, 2015 at 9:35 [Add a comment](https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/3574/ending-of-shutter-island "Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.") \| 1 Dr. Cawley was attempting the role play exercise in an attempt to bring Andrew back to reality. The experimental treatment was an alternative to the conventional treatment of lobotomy. Cawley indicated that if the role play treatment did not work on this final attempt, he would have no choice but to follow a standard treatment. At the end of the scene, Andrew admits his crime and appears to accept reality. In the following scene, we see Andrew appear to relapse. I believe the significance of Sheean's gesture is that the treatment fails and that a lobotomy will now be administered. Andrew goes willingly. It is my opinion that Andrew is aware (now, if not always) and chooses this fate rather than live in the knowledge of his crime. Speculation: As a man of violence, he would rather accept the 'violent' procedure than back down and face defeat. He stays consistent with his character and lives on his own terms. [Share](https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/105675 "Short permalink to this answer") [Improve this answer](https://movies.stackexchange.com/posts/105675/edit) Follow [edited Dec 17, 2019 at 13:21](https://movies.stackexchange.com/posts/105675/revisions "show all edits to this post") [](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/27264/a-j) [A J](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/27264/a-j)♦ 58\.3k3434 gold badges308308 silver badges319319 bronze badges answered Dec 17, 2019 at 11:54 [](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/78012/badger) [Badger](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/78012/badger) 1111 bronze badge [Add a comment](https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/3574/ending-of-shutter-island "Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.") \| 0 ### was Teddy really cured? No, in a experimental procedure the psychologist let him play out his fantasy in order to reveal the truth about his crime, but he understands it for the brief moment and comes back to square 1 the next day. ### the significance of Dr. Cawley's eye gesture at the final scene? Like i said the procedure was experimental and it failed the next day (maybe because of his mental condition) so the assistant\[who pretended to be the partner\] shares a smoke with him to confirm if he is able to come in terms with reality and makes a gesture to the doctor saying "needs more time". 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The procedure seemed to have worked but it wasn't enough to bring him back to sanity. vikki – [vikki](https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/3986/vikki "101 reputation") 2014-07-21 14:07:26 +00:00 Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 14:07 [Add a comment](https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/3574/ending-of-shutter-island "Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid comments like “+1” or “thanks”.") \| 0 I think the scene where Leonardo DiCaprio is put in the psycho's place - where he's killing his wife - is just him contemplating what the people are telling him. The idea, along with all the frustrations and horrible danger he's in, makes him faint. I think everything about Teddy is real from the beginning, and the owners of the asylum are villains. At the end, Teddy makes a comment about being too smart, and it's implied that he has a plan when he looks at the lighthouse. 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