Towards the beginning of the opening, Janus seems like a normal young man, until suddenly he transforms into a dark and uncanny character. While the development is short and quick-paced, it is extremely important to unfolding the secrets under the storyline. Janus is the representation of two-faced, similar to the meaning of his name which was chosen intentionally. He portrays himself as Janus, a son and a brother, acting in complete innocence as he is questioned by Verena. While deep down, he is a complete stranger to the family and the audience as no one knows who he truly is outside of his mask. This is the true thrilling factor of the opening: the unknown.
Verena is a complete opposite character to Janus, and her parents. While Janus lives in a web of lives, taking the identity of a family's dead son, and the parents who choose to live in the lie, blinded by their grief, Verena represents the search for truth. Similar to Janus, my partner and I chose her name intentionally as it means "truth". After accepting the loss of brother and transitioning through her grief, Verena is no longer blinded to the truth as her parents are, and actually sees through this stranger living under the same roof as her. She understands that something is wrong and notices the inconsistencies in her "brother". While she begins as a character, still grieving her brother alongside her parents, she slowly transitions from the stage of denial to anger/acceptance, as she understands that her brother is gone but still feels anger, pouring it all onto the fake Janus and her search for the truth.
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