The first impression the film gave me was the gorgeous and exquisite scenes and costumes, each of which was carefully designed, luxurious and elegant, and pleasing to the eye. The palace is large but not overly furnished, and fisheye lenses and wide-angle lenses are often used, giving a sense of closure and captivity, as if Queen Anne was in power but was imprisoned here.
At the time of the war, the people's life was bleak, but the life of the nobles in the palace was very extravagant. Harry ridiculed that the Whig duck race was boring and childish, while his Tories made fun of throwing oranges at naked men. The absurd behavior of the nobles was quite ironic.
The main story line of the film is the various games between Sarah and Abigail to win the favor of Queen Anne. Under Sarah's care, Annie's room is neat and orderly, and she eats healthy food. She can control her bad desires, and she will directly speak out about Annie's bad feelings; and when Abigail takes care of Annie , The room becomes messy, when Anne wants to eat chocolate that is not good for her health, Abigail will let her eat it, Abigail will indulge Queen Anne's desire, and she will always flatter her. One of the two of them is loyal, and the other is to do what they like. For the willful and childish Annie, she definitely prefers the latter. You can also see that with Abigail's care for her, Annie is getting weaker and weaker. From the delicate makeup at the beginning to the pale complexion at the back, the messy hair, from wanting to drink hot chocolate but restraining myself to indulging myself and gulps the cake, then holding the bucket to vomit, and then eating after vomiting, it can be explained that Abby Gaia wasn't really nice to her.
The animals mentioned in the film also allude to the relationship between the three of them. The dove symbolizes Queen Anne, and Sarah and Abigail's hunting of pigeons symbolizes the two competing for favor. At first, Abigail was not good at it, but in the end, the score had overtaken Sarah, and Sarah was splattered with blood. The rabbit, symbolizing Abigail, is kept in a cage at first, then begins to be released, and finally moves freely around the room.
The film ends as if Abigail won the game, but it doesn't, when Annie finds out that Abigail is abusing her rabbit, she abuses her in the same way, showing that Abigail doesn't. If she wins, she is still just a toy of Annie. The real power is still in Annie's hands, and Annie has changed from an attitude of having nothing to do with the regime and just wanting to have fun, to participating in politics herself. In the end, no one was the real winner in the competition between the two women, it was just a farce.
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