After learning about Noah's extramarital affairs, Helen confessed to Noah in front of the psychologist: When I was young, I wanted to marry anyone, but in the end I chose you. why? Because you are the safest, there are more than three people in the meal, you dare not talk to others and only talk to me. My father has both fame and fortune, and I don't need my husband to be like him.
Helen's father is a best-selling author in the play, very rich and influential. However, the marriage of Helen's parents has been in turbulence all the year round because of his father's twists and turns. Helen, who grew up in such a family, does not feel the pressure from the economy, but is easily emotionally insecure. Her biggest criterion for choosing a spouse is single-mindedness.
However, there is a fatal logical error in Helen's view of mate selection. Noah was taciturn when he was young, so Helen decisively believed that Noah was definitely not a person like his father who liked to go around. This is not necessarily true logically. From the subsequent dialogue between Noah and Alison, it can be found that Noah, due to some family reasons (mother died young), suppressed himself for a long time as a teenager, resulting in his slight social fear and low self-esteem. This was interpreted by Helen as a kind of safety. However, long-term depression can sometimes easily lead to distortions, which is dangerous.
2. After Noah proposes to separate from Helen, the whole person is reborn. The style of painting in this section is the only time of ease and joy in the whole show.
3. Alison and Noah went to the bathroom to take a shower after the tryst at Noah’s house. When they saw Helen’s high-end shampoo, they picked it up and played with it. At this time, her mentality should be similar to the country girl’s first time seeing the world in the city, facing herself in front of her. The things I have never owned are full of curiosity. Next, the camera was aimed at her: She squeezed a little bit out and wiped it on her head, and then with a honeyed smile on the corner of her mouth, she squeezed all the remaining shampoo in the bottle into the sink. This little action makes people shudder, with jealousy and hatred for the original partner.
4. Alison's reaction to New York for the first time.
One issue of Ted's speech was about the interpretation of extramarital affairs. It roughly said that the reason why people derail is actually dissatisfaction with their own status quo. I have seen many comments saying that the reason why Alison cheated was because her husband did not give her enough spiritual care after the death of her son. This is of course one of the reasons. But I think there is a deeper reason that the two people's pursuits are inconsistent. Alison once told Noah that his dream when he was young was to become a doctor, but because he was poor and his grades were not good enough, he didn't realize it. Combined with the expression of excitement that Alison could not suppress when she first came to New York, she could imagine that the plain and boring pastoral life was not what she wanted. When Alison’s husband came to New York to find Alison in order to save his marriage, he said: "This place is like hell." Alison's answer at the time was: "I kinda like it." Two people who have such different pursuits in life Destined to part ways.
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