Many of the arias in the classic musical "The Sound of Music" are already familiar, and watching the movie is the process of giving these songs new meaning. Who wouldn't be moved when they saw the Colonel's family standing on the stage singing Edelweiss to their fellow Austrians? In addition to the ethereal and beautiful tones, the song Edelweiss also contains a layer of story. The film is also very successful in promoting Austria's musical traditions, as well as anti-Nazi sentiments and national feelings, but the love part and the latter part of the country are suspected of being out of touch. In the love between the hero and heroine, I saw two distinct clues.
One is to give up the priesthood of the monastery, which is God, to enter the family, and to pursue worldly love, which is the love of a man. Maria volunteered to be a nun, loving all children with religious tolerance and love. In the first half of the film, she also kept calling out to the male protagonist his love for the child. At this time, there is no love for men in religious love, so after knowing her and the male lead's intentions, Maria's first move was to escape back to the monastery. The abbot's advice mainly focuses on two points. First, the monastery is not a wall to hide from. Second, God allows you to experience love and let you love this man. As a result, the female protagonist returned to the male protagonist's family and married the male protagonist smoothly. Maria renounced the love of God, God, or, at his command, to love a specific person, and that person was a man.
The second is that the emotional line between the male and female protagonists is too vague. What we see is that Maria fully assumes the role of motherhood, and thus obtains the love of this man and becomes his wife. As the opposite Baroness, the way to express her shortcomings seems to be that he is not able to take on the role of mother well and is not liked by children. In this film, the love that belongs to the individual is not highlighted, but the family relationship related to the child is emphasized. Considering that the post-World War II baby boom coincided with the release of the film to a certain extent, it may be possible to find the root cause.
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