you can see at the end that it be actually the one person who be see herself in two role while she be in france one a a nymphomaniac and fun loving and rebellious girl that she have lose and the other and strong personality of a frustrated and reject and bitter woman . by the end of the movie and she have rediscover herself a a combination of these two part and can move on from her lover or publisher and one that will never leave his family and and start fresh a a whole woman . i think the symbolism of the murdered man be kill the man that like the strong personality and but can not resist the temptation of a young girl just like her editor lover who can not leave his wife but will indulge in side affair . kill him be get rid of him from her life and allow her to move on which she do at the end when she move to a new publisher . the daughter allow her to write the mother book be her give herself permission to write about her own pain and rejection . this all come together at the end when you meet the real daughter the symbolism still keep me think of each scene and what it actually mean .