Two sisters, the older sister Margaret is intellectual and emotional, and the younger sister is full of romantic ideals. Because Margaret’s knowledgeable personality is very compatible with the wife next door, so after the embarrassment caused by the "impulse" between her sister and the younger son next door, she still maintains a friendly relationship with the wife next door. The Wilkes family are selfish, except for Mrs. Wilkes, they also retain a nostalgic life. So she admired Margaret, because she knew she knew how much she cherished Howard Manor. So before she passed away, she left her will and left the manor to Margaret, but she did not expect the Wilkes family to tear up the will.
By chance, the two sisters met the Renner and his wife, a small company employee equivalent to the middle and lower classes of society. Mr. Renner is also a romantic who likes to read. Because of sympathy and promises, she took Mrs. Renner, who was at the bottom of the society. Mistress of Mr. Wilkes. The two sisters caused Mr. Renner to lose his job because of Wilkes' wrong advice. It was difficult to find another job if you lost a job at the time. "A person who was already poor is now even poorer." Because of the sense of justice, the romantic sister felt that Mr. Wilkes should be held responsible for it; on the other hand, Mr. Wilkes was seen as lively, generous and intellectual. Margaret was attracted, proposed to her and got her consent. Although the Margaret family is also middle-class, it should still not be worthy of the wealth of the Wilkes family. Margaret must be patient everywhere. Faced with her sister bringing the Renners to seek justice, Margaret felt that Wilkes should be held accountable, but she still persuaded her sister to adopt a gentle approach and not to let things “become a scandal”. Faced with the scandal between Wilkes and Mrs. Renner, Wilkes yelled "dismissed the marriage contract", she finally chose to be tolerant, although Wilkes’ children defended her everywhere and would always treat her. Like an outsider.
On the other hand, because of guilt or attracted by Mr. Renner's romantic feelings, the younger sister had a relationship with him and went away to Germany because of her pregnancy. Finally, her aunt came back from a serious illness and was found pregnant by Margaret and his wife. On the one hand, Mr. Wilkes wanted to seek justice for his sister-in-law, but on the other hand, he was unwilling to live in the Howard Manor "to be inherited by his son" because of the scandal.
Although Margaret, who is pragmatic and knowledgeable, does not fully understand the madness of her sister’s romantic feelings, she is still tolerant of her scandals like her younger brother, and Wilkes’ eldest son has the ignorance of the rich son. The characteristic of "I will solve him with one bullet", and eventually he swung his sword to beat Mr. Renner and caused him to die from a heart attack.
After all, Margaret could not bear the selfishness of her husband and the contempt of the lower class by the upper class: "The poor should be responsible for their own misfortune." She finally decided to leave, seeing that her husband finally chose to stay with him because of the fragility of his son in prison. When the property was distributed the following year, the Howard Manor, which no one wanted, finally returned to Margaret's hands without any objection.
At the very beginning, Mrs. Wilkes had foreseen everything. Howard Manor "is not even a small town". The wealthy Wilkes family, who would really love it and understand it? Value? Leaving it to Margaret is not a whim, but her family tore up the will because of "the guardianship of the property they deserve." When Margaret went to Howard Manor for the first time and looked at Mrs. Wilkes's cherished house lightly and curiously, the maid said: "Your steps are very much like Mrs. Wilkes."
A thing, only in the hands of people who love it, can it give full play to its inherent brilliance.
Finally, on Mr. Renner. In the lower-middle class, he said, "Music and thought are just pastimes for the rich." While running for life, he has unrealistic romanticism, and even walks in the jungle for a whole night and affects his work. It was because he was too romantic but couldn't play with romance, so he ignored his opposition to marry the lower-class people, was bewitched and lost his job, was attracted by his sister to have a relationship and eventually lost his life. Although Sister Margaret is romantic, she is middle class, she can go directly to Germany to "refuge" when she is pregnant, and there is 5,000 yuan to help "Mr. Renner". There are also sisters and brothers in the family who can rely on... Margaret accepts better than her The older Mr. Wilkes is also "pragmatic" and rational. Margaret is not too young, and Wilkes’s family is richer than herself, and she is under the pressure of moving. It’s a good idea to marry Wilkes. There is no harm (except to endure the arrogance and selfishness of the upper class), so Mr. Wilkes’s view that "the poor should be responsible for their own misfortune, because he should learn to rationally avoid his own greater misfortune", Shouldn’t it be right in a certain way?
The gatekeeper in "The Elegance of the Hedgehog", she is very knowledgeable, but the room in her actual life is like a library full of knowledge she loves. However, this is not in line with her low-level status, so she pretends to be a cat, TV, and lifeless meals that a guard should have: "This can avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble." However, the encounter of love in her life is the warmest and most brilliant place in the film, although the ending abruptly ended is regrettable.
Without romantic feelings, life is like a stagnant pool of lifelessness. However, to learn to survive, you have to be pragmatic.
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