Throughout the course of the film Ada is presented as an entirely self-character, although through the way she is portrayed the audience is invited to empathize with her. The character of Ada is shown, through her actions and thoughts, to be self-serving in that everything she does is aimed at achieving her own ends. She is only slightly concerned for those around her and gives little thought for the repercussions of her selfish actions. In considering the full extent of Ada's self-serving nature it is important to explore her way of regaining her piano, her exploratory sex scenes with Stewart, her abandonment of Flora, and her deliberation and choice of life at the conclusion of the film.

In exploring the extent of Ada's self-servitude it is important to investigate the acts she commits as a way of regaining her piano. The majority of Ada's actions towards Baines, in...