light and heavy

Dayne 2022-04-22 07:01:42

Why did Thomas choose Teresa to marry? What I'm trying to say is probably excusing Thomas' way of life. Thomas should have a lot of lovers, such as Sabina. He and them are in a state of no nostalgia for each other. It can be said that they are evenly matched and each gets what they need. However, Teresa appeared, and Teresa was a pure surrender. Thomas had to marry her because it was only here that he felt needed and attached, and if he rejected her, he was rejecting the fragile passing beauty of all her beauty, and he was not a loveless prodigal, just the His instinct for the ultimate pleasure gave him the need to grasp this beauty.

Many interpretations are superficial. If the truth of this film is that "a woman's life is run through by love", each audience will substitute themselves into Teresa and suffer between the so-called lightness and weight of love. So how does this principle apply to Thomas? Does Thomas not pursue love? He also pursued it, otherwise he would not have married Teresa. "Light" and "heavy" do not mean that love is very heavy for women and light for men, but light and heavy, which are different effects caused by people's different concepts of how to deal with a thing in the current time and space . For example, "I have a lover who wants to separate from me." The same thing can be light for one person and heavy for another.

It can be both light and heavy for the next person, such as Karenin's euthanasia, which is of course painful for Teresa, but also a little lighter because it can help reduce Karenin's pain.

The most interesting thing is that life seems very light to Tomas, wandering in all kinds of people-to-people connections, without any attachment. But Tomas may also have his own weight, and that weight may be the same as what Teresa feels, just in different things, such as "being left".

It's a little regretful that I didn't go to Prague after watching Prague Love, but some movies don't need to be watched very early, because maybe they can't understand it. Seeing the heavy rain, I really want to go back to my childhood, but even if I live again, I will still make mistakes where I should make mistakes.

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being quotes

  • Tereza: [referring to her dog] Karenin prefers Mephisto to dogs. She thinks other dogs are silly.

    Tomas: [Mephisto snorts and Tomas inhales the aroma of the food] Ha-ha.

    Pavel: Do you know why I love Mephisto? Because he's very bright, but, at the same time,

    [gesturing for emphasis]

    Pavel: he doesn't know anything! After all, he doesn't know that life is impossible here now. Nothing left here. The church is gone.

    [shrugging]

    Pavel: No place to drink beer now.

    [he drinks his bottle of beer very quickly]

    Pavel: It's good... very good.

    [slurping]

    Pavel: If you ever change your mind, it won't be easy to leave.

  • Tereza: I was forced to love my mother, but not this dog. You know, Tomas... maybe... maybe, I love her more than I love you. Not more. I mean in a better way. I'm not jealous of her. I don't want her to be different. I don't ask her for anything.