There are some of its own botched speculations about the movie, which are disjointed.
1. A very important reason for Clive's serious illness was the strong guilt he felt for not helping his Cambridge classmates in court identification. When his classmate was convicted and taken to court, he visibly avoided the eyes of the other party. The guilt made him extremely miserable. And he also witnessed a high-ranking classmate lose everything overnight because of his socially unacceptable sexual orientation - something he didn't want to happen. When Maurice went to Clive's house for the first time, Clive's mother said that when Clive got married, he could inherit the family's property. It can also be seen from the ending that Clive was resolutely reluctant to give up his position and property, and Also very concerned about the eyes of others (and in a society that has zero tolerance for homosexuality). So Clive's illness was caused by the tearing of three forces in his heart. These three forces were (1) a huge sense of guilt (2) a sense of crisis that he might lose everything (3) the emotional pain of needing to break up with Maurice. As he himself said, with Maurice, they would both lose their status, their prestige, their reputation. So the moment the verdict, and even the moment his classmates were caught, he had already decided to break up with Maurice.
2. In the film, it is explained that Clive and Ann met in Greece, so it can be speculated that Ann and Clive have the same ideology, so they are actually soulmates. And Clive also broke up with Maurice resolutely after returning from Greece. After marriage, how about an Ann, how did Ann say, I really thought that he loved Ann, even if it was not love, it was a deep feeling liked, or thought that Ann was a suitable candidate for marriage. After all, if a gay wants to gain a firm foothold in the political arena of that era, he needs a "perfect wife". This woman is simply happy, she doesn't feel anxious and complaining because he doesn't go home very often, but understands that he "worked very seriously"; she doesn't feel unhappy because she doesn't have an x life (closes her eyes immediately when she sees her husband changing his pants); I am happy to accept my husband's close friends to come to live at home if there is anything to do.
3. After seeing the back, I almost believed that Clive was completely in love with Ann, until he thought Maurice was writing a letter to his girlfriend, congratulated Maurice very artificially, kissed Maurice's hand again, and told him that he had not forgotten the past, but agreed not to. Bringing up the past again. Maurice responded coldly to everything he said at this time. This is Clive couldn't help but ask Maurice: Do you agree that everything will pass like this? This is his unwilling temptation. It's like a dead person who once loved you, but now doesn't care about you, that kind of lost feeling. When Maurice said he agreed that it was all over, Clive was silent for a few seconds, seemingly not expecting the answer, and asked Maurice to kiss his hand too. This is equivalent to a second trial. He wanted to use this method to settle his heart, but he didn't know whether it could be settled. He was also sleepless at night.
4. When Scudder and Maurice were playing cricket, seeing the seamless cooperation between the two, Clive's expression immediately became like a jealous little grudge, and immediately ran up to participate, only to find that Maurice did not cooperate well with him. The gears of fate no longer hold their ground.
5. Maurice finally confessed everything to Clive, Clive said that by keeping Plato pure, two men can use friendship as an excuse to be together. It's proof that Clive really wants to keep his status, fame, and love in a way that he thinks has the best of both worlds. But this wasn't what Maurice wanted, and it was too wrong for Maurice, who was passionate about it. I think, Clive thinks the perfect ending is for him and Maurice to marry a woman each and keep their wealth and social status together, in a Platonic way forever. But all this has been disillusioned. When Clive returned to the room, his subtle smirk in front of his wife, pretending to be perfect, a sudden hug, and an instant loneliness. I can only sigh, in those times, Clive can't have both, he can only pay for his own choice.
Saw a lot of people arguing about who betrayed whom. I would say that love exists in many forms. These forms are not only related to their own personality, growth background, and beliefs, but also have a deep relationship with their environment. At the same time, in this movie, it has a lot to do with the cost of love. Some people say that Clive betrayed Maurice because he was selfish and refused to give up his existing position of power and fame. On the one hand, he wanted to keep Maurice's love; Alec gave up a great future for Maurice. No regrets.
I don't deny that I am also a romantic sing-along about the supremacy of love and indulge in the courage to give up everything for love. But given the backgrounds of Clive and Alec's characters, I think other factors need to be considered.
If Clive and Alec wanted to be with Maurice, it would be like crossing two mountains each - only Alec's is a 400-meter hill and Clive's is a 4,000-meter peak. Suppose, Alec climbed to 400 meters, he won; Clive climbed to 2000 meters, he gave up. Who gives more love? In other words, let's reverse Alec's and Clive's life experiences. Alec is a son of an aristocrat who graduated from Cambridge University. I believe that no one can guarantee that Alec can choose his own love regardless of the fate of the whole family. Of course, no one can guarantee that Alec will not give up everything in pursuit of love. But all this is just an assumption. Or, if we are Clive ourselves, we will give up everything and pursue this need to break through the siege, not only sacrificing ourselves, but also sacrificing the love of our family?
Suddenly an inspiration - about Clive and Anne,
Clive is really because of classmates Sentenced and sickened and converted to fall in love with a woman, or did he finally succeed in hypnotizing himself to fall in love with a woman?
We know from a letter from Clive's mother to Maurice that Clive's wife, Anne, met in Greece. After returning to the UK from Greece, it was a miracle that Clive began to pay attention to women. But when Maurice's sister Ada asks how Greece is, Clive's answer is that Greece sucks. A good one "sucks", and the trip to Greece was the last straw that broke Clive. In Greece, I can't find the meaning of continuing to love Maurice, but I meet a woman who will spend my life together.
But I'm not willing to ask, when a person meets the love of his life on a trip, does he think this place is "terrible"? When you first meet love, the feeling like a spring breeze, as if everything is covered in golden sunlight; rain is a kind of romance, the wind can make people move, and even a brick is full of emotion, how can it be "terrible"?
Unless you do everything possible to confuse yourself, let yourself immerse yourself in the dream you made up, and believe this dream with all your beliefs. Clive succeeded, probably too terrified of the consequences of going to prison, he managed to live under his own hypnosis, and believed that Maurice could do the same. But Maurice is not Clive.
Before his trial, Wesley called Cilve and begged Clive to appear in court for him. Clive refused, saying he would also be charged if he appeared in court. Wesley said, 'I know, I'm well aware that you'll be charged if you go to court for me, too,' and hung up. I was thinking, Wesley didn't actually finish, what he was trying to say was, I'm well aware that you'll be charged if you go to court for me, but I thought we were friends and you'd do it for me. - Giving everything for friendship and love is too heavy for Clive, the easier way for him is to disguise himself. He may be naturally self-control, so he chooses the living method he is better at.
Speaking of which, I think it's a tragedy between Clive and Maurice after all. Perhaps, growing up Clive had to convince himself, even hypnotize himself: to be a heterosexual, to marry a woman, and to take the easy way to be happy.
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