My favorite is the beginning of the film, a group of girls at Allsop Manor, England, betting on which lad will win the race.
The sky is blue and high, the grass is green and dust-free, the Allsop Manor is extremely luxurious, and the castle in the distance shows the dignity and glory of the owner...
Georgiana stood out among these girls, she wore a beautiful dress, like a happy princess.
In my heart she is a princess. Slim waist, gorgeous clothes, delicate makeup, eyes as clear as water, hair lingering like clouds, impeccable and perfect. It's exactly what I think of "Snow White", but she's not Snow White, she's the daughter of the distinguished Earl Spencer.
She bet on Charles Gray, and she won. I thought that the two of them would have a relationship with a concubine! Little did they know that when they were playing on the grass, a deal had already been done in the room.
The Duke of Devonshire fell in love with Georgiana, and he proposed to Georgiana's mother to marry her. He stood on the edge of the windowsill and looked at Georgiana on the grass outside the window. I think at that moment, he must have fallen for Georgiana's beauty.
Georgiana's mother is very confident and proud of her daughter, she believes that the Duke of Devonshire must be infatuated with her daughter. But in fact, the duke just wanted to find a better woman to carry on the lineage for his family.
The people under him expressed their thoughts for the Duke of Devonshire - beauty is only one aspect, and the most important thing is to give birth to a little duke for the Devonshire family.
- I only know a thing or two about the titles of English titles. A duke is much higher than an earl. I don't know how many young women want to marry the Duke of Devonshire. Therefore, it is such an honor to be seen by the Duke of Devonshire.
Georgiana was also very excited when she heard the news. She comforted her mother and said that she would be very happy, so that her mother should not worry.
With a nine-year age gap between the Duke of Devonshire and Georgiana, there should be a generation gap. The duke always had a cold face, even between husband and wife, he was still following the rules and doing business in a businesslike manner. In a word, the Duke of Devonshire is a man without taste.
Georgiana, felt the gap between the two. She has only respect for the Duke, but no love. Moreover, she did not follow the Duke's wishes and gave birth to a boy, but only gave birth to two daughters, which disappointed the Duke very much.
The relationship between husband and wife has reached a very embarrassing point.
At a ball, Elizabeth appeared. Elizabeth is Georgiana's best friend with three boys. Her husband committed domestic violence to him, and she had a tryst with a lover under her nose. She had nowhere to go but rented a house.
Georgiana arranged her to his family's manor. Unexpectedly, the wolf was brought into the house, and his husband, the Duke of Devonshire, got on with his best friend Elizabeth.
I always feel that the West is more open than our East, but the men there are mostly macho. The Duke of Devonshire is righteous about his cheating. He thinks he is a man, and although it is boring, he does what a man should do. And a wife, as a woman, should keep the family, have children, and educate the husband and children.
Georgiana felt no love with the Duke of Devonshire. Maybe this marriage was wrong from the start.
Under such circumstances, it was natural for Georgiana and Gray to come together.
Gray is the champion in the race at the beginning of the film, and the two men are a good match for both men and women. He was also a representative of the British Whig Party, and Georgiana and his travels were warmly welcomed. Gray later became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, which is a later story.
The Duke of Devonshire is furious when he learns of Georgiana's infidelity. His machismo has come again. He thinks that his wife gave him a cuckold instead of giving birth to a son, which is really a shame. But at this time, he could no longer control Georgiana. The embarrassed Duke raped Georgiana, and this time she was pregnant with the Duke's son.
It is a very honorable thing for Georgiana to marry the Duke of Devonshire, and it is a very honorable thing for herself and her family. But in this marriage, she doesn't feel love, she is in pain. She doesn't want to take care of face anymore, she wants a happy life. So, she negotiated with the Duke of Devonshire, she was going to divorce, she was going to marry Gray.
Seeing this, I feel that in the West, although men also have machismo, women still have the freedom of thought and speech. At the same time, we Chinese women, if they cheated on the ground, they would be imprisoned in a pig cage, how could they negotiate with their husbands and get a divorce. This is really a big improvement!
For the sake of the child, Georgiana chose to return to the family. She gave the daughter of her lover, Gray, to someone else. In this special family, the delicate relationship with the Duke of Devonshire, Elizabeth, is silently endured.
In the end, Georgiana died of depression, perhaps from illness, and Elizabeth became a new duchess.
This is a typical marriage with only face but no love. Although Georgiana is also the young lady of a big family, who would refuse to be better? Marrying the Duke of Devonshire is an even better marriage. In the eyes of the world, no one can predict the future. So no matter what the road ahead is, Georgiana can only go on and watch the tragedy unfold.
She and Gray were truly in love, but Gray was just a nameless kid who had love but no face. Even if this kind of love is vigorous, it will end without a problem in the end, and it is destined to be a tragedy.
In real life, most of our ordinary people have a loving marriage. To have face or not to have face, those are secondary. In fact, everyone's heart is looking forward to the kind of marriage that has both love and face, but such an idea is too high, not everyone can have it. As the ancient books say, you can't have both.
But this kind of marriage with both love and face is rare, but it does exist. For example, Huo Qigang and Guo Jingjing couple. Many years ago, Guo Jingjing married the wealthy Huo family. There are too many stories of celebrities marrying into wealthy families, but such low-key stories are rare. The two of them lived like ordinary husband and wife, and their children were lively and lovely, playing with firewood, rice, oil and salt with great interest. Whether in front of or behind people, they are all so free. Such freeness is not shown. Only true love can be so casual.
You can often see news of a certain star marrying into a wealthy family, but it is not uncommon for him to get divorced after three or five years. No matter what the reason for the divorce is, if it is true that it did not succeed in the end, then this marriage is immature.
After all, no matter what type of marriage it is, it all comes down to fate. I hope that each of us can meet, that kind of marriage that has both love and face, and the marriage of each of us is what we imagined
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