Because of purity, destruction

Albertha 2022-01-16 08:02:17

As a woman, how do you scare away a man who says I love you?
It's very simple. You said that you have had relationships with other men and then gave birth. Whether that child is alive or dead, please look at that man's eyes.

Oh, let me go out for a while.
Then it disappears, or you just ignore it, and put your contempt and disgust on your face without concealment. It seems that you have changed from an angel to a devil in an instant.
I don’t know if there is a third situation, because after all Not the Virgin, he is not Joseph.

Hegel once said that judging a person is not by his words but by his actions.
There is no real difference between an intellectual like Angie and that Alecben, although one is a rough landlord and the other is a self-styled enlightened person, their desires are Tess's flesh. The only difference is the way and means of possession. Tess is the epitome of all fragile and honest women, who naively believe that as long as their soul is pure, even if they are stained, they will not harm their dignity. But for men or other people, it’s not like that at all. Being a woman who has lost her body or had an illegitimate child is impure, and the integrity of the body is the only proof of purity.
Some people do not go to prostitutes, not because of high morals and lack of money, but completely out of a kind of self-righteous cleanliness. It's like never using other people's toothbrushes and water cups. It's just a so-called cleansing. Here in China is the prevalence of concubines and a few milks.
My things belong only to me, others can't own them.

Alec is just a gangster, and Angie is a villain.
It was he who put Tess on the gallows. Angie has not only a physical possessiveness towards Tess, but also the arrogance of intellectuals towards ignorant people. Therefore, an intellectual man's requirements for women are even more demanding. In addition to the flesh, there are also critical conditions such as morality and culture. And this kind of picky excuse is still put forward in the name of very gorgeous and ethical.
It is this selfish notion that destroys those pure and honest women.
This world is like this. On the one hand, it wants your body, and on the other hand, after playing with your body, it also imposes moral dogma on you, like a client who doesn't pay. The guilty one is you, and you have seduced me.
Hardy’s works are always permeated with this inescapable doom and gloomy atmosphere. His characters are perished or destroyed under an irresistible fate, in which there is both the fragility of human nature and the darkness of society, both Interweaving is the fate of modern people.

It is always a woman who suffers, because of her fantasy and love, and the honest person suffers because of his kindness and sincerity.
A pure-soul, honest woman is destined to be destroyed in this world.
Everyone is clamoring about freedom and equality, love, truth, but this world and people really like these, I doubt it, people always like falsehood, lies, and the depravity of the soul. As long as there is a beautiful appearance, it can be confused. .
This world can tolerate a beautiful appearance and a hypocritical soul, but never needs a pure and honest soul. If there is a beautiful appearance, it can only be ravaged and killed faster.
Hongyan does not necessarily lose his life, purity is absolutely dead.

Once there was a man who got sick and took a very bitter medicine. He looked in the mirror and saw his pale face, so he rushed over and smashed the mirror.
Stendhal

people not only say more and do less, but also ask for more and give less.
What Napoleon

said to a woman was nothing but trouble, but to a man, it was definitely a disaster.
Women are the emotional proletariat, and men are bourgeois.

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Extended Reading
  • Bradford 2022-03-27 09:01:18

    Like a dense fog that has drifted away many times, everything is nothingness. Polanski's first feature film after his return to Europe, adapted from Thomas Hardy's novel "Tess of the D'Urbervilles", except for the tragic color that Old Bo has always had, this is actually very unlike Polanski. Kinski, who is under 20 years old, is so beautiful. The scene of being fed strawberries reminds me of the 62nd version of "Lolita". The encounters of the little people in the big era are almost destined to be victims forever. The courage to urge them to turn into the perpetrators, and finally question the injustice of fate. Who will explain it to us? I thought that the name of an angel was salvation and restart, but it was just the beginning of the next tragic cycle. The rich scene changes of light and shadow colors show the intersection of tangle and joy before revealing the truth, paving the way for the collapse of love beliefs at the last moment of the wedding night, and using the camera to separate the two worlds early. It almost made the epic of little people, but the look and feel were still a little worse (especially the second half). The deletion of the original work is handled with ease, the scenery and soundtrack are so classical, and I still admire Polanski. At the end, the rising sun of Stonehenge is the same as the last shot of "Chinatown".

  • Kennith 2022-03-14 14:12:27

    Polanski reproduced the original work perfectly visually. The photography is like an oil painting, and the scenery and costumes are so beautiful. Several intense plots were omitted, and Kinsky performed restrained and restrained (not inferior to [Texas Paris]), blending with the calm and melancholic tone of the whole film. | The mist that surged when Tess was seduced; a trace of blood seeping through the ceiling; the morning light was faint, and Tess was lying alone in the stonehenge, dressed in red, and the vast fog scattered, unable to resist destiny in the end. (9.0/10)

Tess quotes

  • John Durbeyfield: I'm the head of noblest branch of the family and I got my pride to lean on.

    [passes out]

  • Alec d'Urberville: Tell me, do you like strawberries?

    Tess: Yes, when they're in season.

    Alec d'Urberville: Here they already are.