Tess

Elsie 2022-04-24 07:01:22

I have always felt that a good adaptation of the original work should not only lose the taste and connotation of the original work, but also give full play to the advantages of light and shadow to achieve another level of artistic appeal. This version of the movie made the novel in my heart, and I am very happy. The film has a high degree of reduction, the plot is handled implicitly, and the pictures are beautiful and intoxicating, blending with the quiet and sad tone of the whole film, like a piece of soft jade carved by skilled craftsmen. Tess is a true idealist. She ran away from Alex because she wanted to pursue material independence; she confessed to Angel that she wanted to pursue spiritual equality. She carefully maintained the idealism under her misery, resolutely killed the hard-won comfort life, and followed love again. Angel is a false idealist, he loves the illusion in his head, this illusion is not the pouring of his love, but the projection of his own needs. I disliked Angel very much at first, and even regarded him and Alex as the main culprit for the tragedy of Tess, blaming him for covering up his possessiveness and sense of superiority over Tess with his self-righteous "high", using high-sounding excuses and morality The name is harsh on women. But is he not a victim? Isn't he being deceived by the so-called "public order and good customs"? In addition, he was too young to accept that the dream that had just come true was shattered, so he left angrily. A few years of up and down life made him finally come to his senses, but he only ushered in an eternal parting after a short reunion. Of course, he's not as pure and pure as Tess, he and Alex are selfish. In this work, no character is heinous, but Tess is slowly destroyed under an irresistible fate, as if a pair of invisible hands pushed her step by step into a cliff. Her tragedy is probably the result of personality and social conflict, because social prejudice and cannibalistic etiquette made her a victim. In the dim light of the morning, she was dressed in red, lying alone in the Stonehenge, like a sacrifice of that era. The vast fog cleared, she got up and walked towards death calmly, the sun rising behind her.

initial temptation
Love really needs a response. The sweetheart has not heard from him for several years, and all the letters he sent are in vain. In the end, Tess can forgive him immediately. Perhaps it is the escape from the unequal relationship and the pursuit of pure love and harmony in his heart.
I believe he was in love with her back then
initial
Based on the background of that era, I admire Tess very much
Can love be without harm

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Tess quotes

  • John Durbeyfield: I'm the head of noblest branch of the family and I got my pride to lean on.

    [passes out]

  • Alec d'Urberville: Tell me, do you like strawberries?

    Tess: Yes, when they're in season.

    Alec d'Urberville: Here they already are.