Representation of Samara Morgan from 

'The Ring!' 

In the 2002 film the ring, the the antagonist, Samara Morgan, played by Daveigh Elizabeth Chase, is portrayed as an innocent looking young girl. This is shown by the white dress and pale skin. white connotes innocence and purity, which is reinforced by the fact that she is a young girl and no one would ever suspect a young girl to be dangerous. This also plays on the audiences fears a lot more because children are everywhere and no one really thinks about how dangerous children could potentially be. 

Samara has a white band around her wrist, much like what a hospital patient has to wear over the course of their stay, also the wall behind her is white so she could be a patient. This could also mean that she's maybe insane which links to how she could be dangerous and how she's confined within the walls of a hospital or asylum- This adds to a sense of safety as it seems that the danger is confined and under control. But this illusion is proved otherwise later on as the story progresses and it is made apparent that the girl may be trapped but her need to kill is not. It is free to wonder like a spirit or a completely different being. This then makes the audience couscous as to where the danger actually is.


The whole idea about the youth is 'innocence' and 'purity' however this character, despite her innocent looking face, has a 'dark' side, as shown by the long matted 'dark' hair. Her hair isn't very well looked after, this indicates that she's dangerous, as she's not distracted by things like her hair and even if her hair gets in the way of her face, like it is in the picture, it wouldn't phase her because nothing gets in her way. the fact that her hair is so long shows that she doesn't get out to go to a hairdresser, which may indicate that she is trapped or imprisoned, as if she's too dangerous exist outside those walls. Her hair also seems to be either black or a very dark brown, this connotes death and decay, meaning that she is either dead herself and angry about the way she died therefore she's taking other people's lives or she is simply just seeking to end peoples lives.

However, along with the white dress, the white band around her wrist and the innocent look on her face leads me to believe more in the first theory, but it is not certain and 'not knowing' this then adds to the fear factor.

The whiteness of her dress contrasts with the darkness of her hair and portrays a kind of 'black and white' effect, meaning that once she decides that you're her next target, you're going to die and there's no escape!