The Duality of Seeing "Darkly": Analyzing Bergman's Karin in Through a Glass Darkly

[...]the duality of Karin's existence is the very essence of the film: in the eyes of the men in her family, she is an object used to satisfy male desire; but, in the narrative of the film, she is the autonomous catalyst of male redemption. Every time she does so, however, she is portrayed as an anomaly-all others she sees are either men or women being objectified by men, as is the case when she sees a couple having sex in the movie theater. [...]Anna, as a single woman, is subverting the town's norms every time she leaves her hotel room.