Personally, I think this story is mainly discussing two issues:
1. Do you love her enough to forgive her.
2. How do we know what's rightly?
Most of what is known is Anna's storyline, but this story has to be combined Levin's storyline to draw conclusions.
First of all, let's introduce the characteristics of the two people. They live very real lives, do not converge with social values, and are extremely brave to implement their own way of life. This is a road that few people take, and that is why they impress most people.
Secondly, there is the difference between them, Anna is faithful to her heart, Levin is faithful to the truth. However, these two different ways both led to the two not believing in God (of course Levin was a devout Christian before, but later changed to seek the truth, and of course finally turned back, which is a later story).
Such two people have taken two different life paths, one is destruction and the other is happiness. I think what the great writer wants to explore is which life path to take, what's rightly, and how we treat our love.
Great stories don't have bad guys.
Anna Line,
Anna married Karenin at an early age, and the two had a son and lived a dull life. Karenin is a devout Christian and a member of Congress. He abides by the rules and acts according to the rules. Although the life of the two is not romantic, they are also respectful to each other.
At a dance, Anna met Vronsky, a handsome and handsome officer. Vronsky's appearance aroused the romantic feelings about love in Anna's heart, and the two quickly fell in love. Rumors spread to Karenin's ears, Karenin disagreed with Anna's divorce request.
Karen: We are bound together by God, and this bond can only be broken by a crime against God.
Ann: I have nothing to say to you.
It's already too late for this.
Karenin loves Anna, at least this time , in front of outsiders he still speaks for his wife and fulfills the duties of a husband. At the same time persuade Anna to give up this extramarital affair.
Until Vronsky fell on the racetrack, Anna screamed in the stands regardless of Karenin's face, Karenin just put his hand on her shoulder and said, I'm here. He is pitiful, but also very brave.
In the next scene, Anna is pregnant with Vronsky's child:
Ann: I'm his wife now, I have his child. (Karenin hoops her finger)
Card: (Silence..) Tell me what I did to deserve this.
( Silence..) You are depraved. A woman without honor.
I thank God the curse of love is lifted from me
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Anna had a difficult labor during childbirth. In the face of death, when Karenin and Vronsky finally shook hands, Anna said, Thank God.
Walking out of the ward, Karenin said to Vronsky,
I don't know what happened to me. I forgive you. I forgive Anna. My soul is filled with joy.
In the face of death, all hatred has dissipated, and forgiving others is also forgiving yourself.
Later, when Anna recovered from illness, she read Vronsky again, determined to divorce Karenin, and eloped with Vronsky. The hostility of society, the departure of friends, and the suspicion of love, all made Anna realize that she had just jumped out of one circle, but fell into two circles. How long can her new relationship last, will the man in front of her love her, and only her? She can't stand betrayal, she gives up everything for love, and she is afraid that this love will be denied by Vronsky. At the same time, she misses her son. The entanglement of ethics, love and family makes Anna completely collapsed. In the end she chose to commit suicide.
Before committing suicide, she said, "God, forgive me.
I've been thinking about whether such a woman who lives for her wants should have such an ending, and whether she should be praised or spurned." Should Karenin forgive Anna? Can love really tolerate betrayal? I don't know, I admire Karenin's generosity. But in his heart, he hated Anna, but what he loved more were regulations and laws. When these two contradictions were entangled in his heart, he was extremely distressed, knowing that he forgave Anna at the hospital bed, and he himself was freed, and his soul was filled. Forgive is the act of God. If you are confused, then believe in God. .
Let's talk about Levin's line, which is my favorite line, and excerpt a few lines:
1. Inheriting the farm, as the farmer, Levin and the farmer dialogue
column: When I'm mowing, I don't ask myself why I'm here.
Farmer: You're here to be Master Konstantin Dmitrievich. As it's always been, by the grace of God.
Column: My father owned you, Theodore. Owned you like chattels to be bought and sold. Was that by the grace of God?
Farmer: It was. That's my youngest you were looking at, there. His young life is perilous now. Since the freedom came and work must be found.
Column: They look happier than I've ever been. Is it living simply that I'm looking for?
2. Scrabble
Column: Did No Mean Never? Means never being together?)
Katie: Then, I Did Not Know.
Levin: Then, but now?
Katie: Can you forgive and forget? )
Levin: I Love You. I never stopped.
3. At the end of the play, the camera returns to the mowing scene, Levin and the farmer
Farmer: Well, you don't press people hard, but you live rightly.
Farmer: For your soul, not your belly.
Levin: How do we know what's rightly?
Farmer: Just by knowing it. How else?
Levin: But I believe in reason.
Farmer: Reason. Was it reason that made you choose your wife?
In fact, Levin's clue is also a clue for him to regain his faith. He was rejected when he started chasing Katie, and later forgave Katie for the past. He had implemented his own beliefs, live for a reason. Everything must be based on evidence, otherwise life will become meaningless. However, at the end of the film, the farmer's words awakened Levin. Sometimes, there is no reason to do something. Maybe the right thing itself is a priori, Let God decide, just do it.
Anna, undoubtedly, is to live for her own wants, while Levin is determined to live for his soul, to live for God, and to be upright live.
Back to the first two questions:
1. Do you love her enough to forgive her.
2. How do we know what's rightly?
Both of these questions depend on your beliefs. If you blindly let your heart be, will it lead to doom, or repeat rounds of misfortune? People must have faith. Faith allows us to forgive and do what is right, just by knowing it. Perhaps Tolstoy wanted to say that forgiveness is the foundation of family harmony, but faith is deeper in that foundation.
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