Modern and traditional

Oceane 2022-11-30 21:07:30

The two powerful mistresses are impressive. On the one hand, the bad waters of the poor villages and the people, and the civilized people who have been baptized by urban civilization, can be described as two extremes. However, from the perspective of forcing others with their own ideas, these two women are exactly the same, as if they drew a weird circle. Mrs. Blanche of Weboy’s family needless to say, why Margaret treats her family like this, almost forcing her husband to follow her to the border to bring her grandson back, and almost forcing the Indians to get involved in her own family affairs, with justice and love. For fame, but acting unsatisfactorily. The death of the son (George's dream) and the daughter-in-law's departure with her son before (a dialogue outside the restaurant), although the play did not explicitly say, but it also implies that Margaret's undisputed strong acting style is inseparable from the relationship. From the narratives of the Indians, we can see that modern civilization once brutally tried to change the local cultural genes, but it resulted in the alienation of being unable to integrate into modern civilization and losing the traditional cultural heritage (not understanding the language of the grandmother) and having to live in isolation. This film uses the mouth of the Indians to express the plight of modern civilization, and the conflict between Margaret and Madame Blanche is only a concrete manifestation of this conflict between civilization and tradition. However, does civilization necessarily mean advanced? Does tradition necessarily represent backwardness and barbarism? The history of family struggles that Mrs. Blanche narrated before the meal can be described as singular. The harsh environment created the brutal and tough behavior of the Weboy family. Naturally, Margaret, who was bathed in an idyllic environment, could not understand, barriers and bloodshed. Conflict, watched by one's eyes, is neither avoidable nor irreversible, just like the tragedy being staged in Afghanistan.

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  • [last lines]

    Bill Weboy: [as he struggles with George] Blanche, wait don't shoot

  • George Blackledge: And when you finally learn that what you want to make happen isn't gonna happen, what then, Margaret Meloy?

    Margaret Blackledge: Well, then I suppose I'll learn what I've never been able to. Isn't that what you've always told me? Over and over. That I don't know when it's time to call it quits.

    George Blackledge: And I'll be the one gets the job of picking up those pieces, huh?