Unanswerable question

Granville 2022-01-11 08:01:37

The old lady said, "Why can't women have fun?" I didn't know how to answer. How similar is this between East and West. From the high coldness of the hero at the beginning to the helplessness in the later period; the heroine from the Cinderella from the beginning to the calm and courageous in the later period. She has transformed. I don't think it is a good thing. Before she died, the old lady said that she would not be happy. And the male protagonist said that the simplicity that he liked her originally was gone. You must know that strong women generally do not have happiness. On this point, the East and the West have once again unified their opinions.

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  • Mrs. Van Hopper: Show me an eligible bachelor and I'll show you a room full of women acting like they've lost their minds.

  • [first lines]

    Mrs. de Winter: [narrating] Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. I dreamt that where our drive once lay, a dark and tortured jungle grew. Nature had come into her own and yet the house still stood. Manderley. Secretive and silent as it had always been. Risen from the dead. Like all dreamers, I was allowed to pass through my memory. Spanning the years like a bridge. Back to that summer in Monte Carlo when I knew nothing and had no prospects.