When watching "Downton Abbey", I will more or less think of "Dream of Red Mansions" (of course, the details of the dream of Red Mansions are more complicated than Downton can match), the stories take place in a specific historical period, choose a representative one. 's family has gradually gone from prosperity to decline (currently only the first season has been watched, the decline is spoiled), and it involves elders and juniors, masters and servants, family affairs and diplomacy in an all-round way.
The estate revolves around the story of how the next generation inherits the estate of the Earl of Crawley, who has no sons and only three daughters.
Although the eldest daughter, Mary, cannot directly inherit the family inheritance as a woman, she will marry the man who inherits the inheritance. Mary has high expectations from her parents and is highly valued by many, but in essence she has a rebellious and stubborn heart under her ladyship appearance. She had a good impression of the Turk who came to her house as a guest. The other party went to her bed at night. She refused but she didn't have a body. Who knew that the Turk suddenly fell ill and died, which became her burden and secret. Although she has a good impression of the distant cousin who will get the family inheritance, she is not willing to marry him because the other party will get the inheritance, and even restrains her emotions. This is very similar to the story of Lu Yanshi and Feng Wanyu in "Lu Criminal Yanshi". Yanshi refused to accept Wanyu because she was the one who was arranged to marry him, and it was only after many years that he found out that he liked her very much.
The second daughter, Edith, can be said to be almost invisible against the background of her older sister and younger sister, and she does unpleasant things. On major appearances, the mother introduced her sister to her sister but not her, and the parents waited for her to provide for them. She showed full enthusiasm to every unmarried man who came to the house, but unfortunately she didn't get much response. Disregarding the family's honor by writing to the Turkish embassy to ruin her sister's reputation, her upcoming marriage was also lost due to Marry's revenge. I personally sympathize with Edith. She has a heart for comparison, but she has to give way to Mary for various reasons. She is neither valued nor favored. The glamorous status of a young lady breeds unhappiness in her. .
The three girls, Sibol, should be the most lovable character. In the barrage, Mary hates Edith's insistence, but no one hates Sibol. She is kind and free, the maid at home wants to be a secretary, everyone is laughing, she does help her keep an eye on job postings and get her an interview opportunity, she is very similar to Matthew in this, both encourage servants to do more meaningful things matter. She was injured while watching a political revolution speech, and when she got home, her father wanted to fire the driver. The count loved her the most, no doubt. As a nobleman, there are actually more servants in the family than the master. There is a chief steward, a housekeeper, three male servants and three maids, a cook and several younger sisters, as well as horses and drivers.
Calson is serious and rigorous as the chief executive, and he is dedicated to his duties. But the character really came alive to me because of two plots. The first is that his own disgraceful past was revealed. He used to be a stage comedian, and his old partner ran to blackmail him. Calson gave in at first for the sake of decency, but the man in the back went directly to the Duke's In front of him, and in front of the other servants, Calson could only resign himself to take the blame. His self-consciously tall and dignified image was greatly reduced in the eyes of the servant, but it was this secret that made him and Beth and Anna more trust each other. When Mary was sad, sometimes it was her mother, and sometimes it was Calson. Calson was the servant who had the deepest affection for the Duke's family. He loved Mary the most. When he said that the housekeeper also had his favorite (love) When people said this, it was not only Mary who was moved.
Mrs. Hughes, the housekeeper, has been a very nice person since the beginning of the film, she is good at doing things justice. But her sense of mission and responsibility for the manor is inseparable from Calson. At first, when he found out that Mary's marriage partner was wrecked, the servants were gossiping about nothing, but Calson felt that it was similar to his own family. At that time, he apologized to Mrs. Hughes. When Mrs Hughes' old lover came to propose to her, she eventually rejected him because she began to realize that she was to Downton Abbey, or rather Downton Abbey to herself, not just William's words "If you leave , we really don't know what to do." Instead, she felt reluctant and worried when she thought about leaving, and it was here that she and Calson reached another level of tacit understanding.
The role of Anna reminds me of Ping'er in A Dream of Red Mansions. Compared with Gwen, she has always been more resistant to being a maid. Although Anna is a servant, she does not give up on herself. She is kind, brave and calm. When Beth first came to the manor, Anna was the only one who didn't look down on him because of his lameness. On the contrary, she trusted her own judgment. She felt that Beth was a good man and a good man, and pursued the answer. Anna is very secretive and calm at the same time. She found Gwen's typewriter, knew about Calson's old story, and moved the body with Mrs. Miss. Grace had to yell and cry, and the whole world knew about it. These beautiful qualities make her shine, whether she is a lady or a maid.
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