Pull away the veil and what are you left with?
An ordinary young women of modest ability and little imagination
And wrap her up like this, anoint her with oil,
and hey, presto, what do you have?
A goddess.
Queen Mary: I have seen three generations of great monarchs rout because they couldn't draw the line between personal ties and missions. You must not repeat the same mistakes. When you mourn your father, you must mourn another man, Elizabeth Mond Barton, because she has been replaced by another, Queen Elizabeth, the two Elizabeths will often clash, and the truth is, The Crown must win, must always win.
Turn an ordinary woman into a god.
The husband represents her earthly side, and this side is powerlessly watching his wife become unfamiliar, and those mysterious and symbols gradually cover her and become the symbols themselves.
Imperial power needs to be packaged by complicated ceremonies, gorgeous costumes, and mysterious legends. Turn the ordinary day into a magical one. Philip said he was like a circus animal, dressed up and performed. In the seriousness of modern people, such performances may be too mystical, but such performances and rituals are rooted in the lowest logic of the royal family.
Episode 8 was great and touched on a lot.
How should imperial power exist in modern society? In the context of the national independence movement and the gradual dissolution of sacred theocratic power, is the existence of the imperial family just to paint the dying car? let them look at you, but let them only see the enternal.
How should the personal will of the king coexist with the divine authority it represents - what the Royal needs is perfection, not individuality, and what the people want to feel is divine power that transcends everyday life, not individual individuality
Queen's status brings different feelings among different family members - the mother's loss after the daughter becomes the head of the family, and the mutual jealousy between sisters. One of the good things about this drama is that many big themes often emerge from the ordinary sense of ordinary people, making grand issues real and palpable.
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