Although there are a thousand Hamlet in one thousand people's hearts, it is not enough to distort the original intention into this way. Or the critics think that being a distinguished duchess who can swallow his voice is true happiness, not the so-called "true love" and "freedom." As for those who say that the Duke actually "loves" Georgiana in his own way, it is even more unreasonable, and even the most basic judgment has been lost.
Of course, as a Duke living in the 18th century, he gave the status of Duchess of Georgiana to a certain extent and tolerated Georgiana's derailment. In his opinion, it is already regarded as love, isn't it? This kind of love only exists in the duke’s self-righteousness. Is it possible that the viewers feel that his indifference, selfishness, cruelty, and cruelty are just innocuous minor shortcomings. Can't it conceal his "deep and inexpressible love" for Georgiana? Just like what Georgiana said to her mother when she was newly married: "I originally thought that he, like his father, hides a sentimental heart under his indifferent appearance." Not to mention what he said when he flatly rejected Georgiana's deal: "I never trade, I control everything." It is true that he appeared at the right time when his wife's love affairs were about to become a scandal, and stabilized with a confession that seemed to be sincere and respectable and flattering. Georgiana's heart, and the heart of many viewers. How ridiculous it is. First gave countless big sticks, and finally gave a radish seemingly magnanimous. I can understand that under his egoistic nature, this may have been a big concession and a proof of his love for his wife. , But if you put the same thing on those who are "moved by the duke", I am afraid that few people can bear it?
As for the ending, I have to say that such a blandness was unexpected. At the beginning of the film, when our lovely lover of Georgiana asked her for a reward, I seemed to have seen the ending of Anna Karenina. Of course, this is no more cliche than the ugly corpse of the beauty on the rails. I don't know if it is a sacrifice. The only certainty is that they succumbed to the world, or Georgiana succumbed to their husbands. This ending is so similar to "A Dream of Red Mansions", but probably no one would clap his hands for Baoyu's final marriage to Baochai, right? The difference is that the lover vomited blood to death, and that Bao Dai was in free love and knew each other earlier than Bao Chai, while Georgiana already has the restraint of secular etiquette.
I don't understand that Chinese people, more precisely, some Chinese people, are so obsessed with ethics and education, just because she already has a husband, is it happiness to return to her husband and children? I don't think she will be able to live a happy life after leaving the family and abandoning her husband and children, but like countless people who denounce "Two Little Wrongs", it is a heinous crime to abandon her family responsibilities. There are also those who accused her of “getting everyone’s love except her husband” and lacking greed, even less able to understand the loneliness of others. As sang in the song: "How to shine in front of the stage is difficult to sing softly and softly to the favorite in my ears".
In the end, she gave up her love and maintained the interests and reputation of everyone (including her own). This is a compromise and helplessness, just as Lin Daiyu used her own death to complete everyone in the Grand View Garden, but no one will sing a funeral poem for Georgiana's dead love.
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