Comparatively, Norma’s self-imposed isolation would be considered a foundation for her madness that is to follow. She went from being considered the virtuoso of silent movies to rapidly becoming an insignificant, disregarded movie star, which is the fundamental commencement of her seclusion from the harsh realities of the real world. Although this could be considered an act of ignorance by Norma, it could also be established that she could not physically handle her brisk decline into irrelevance. She mentally blocked out the notion that society would view her as unimportant and instead escaped to a solitary mansion where she could still feel esteemed by her butler, Max. Although Max fully understood his reason for existence as Norma’s butler,
