No man is an island

Gideon 2022-01-19 08:02:14

Especially classic movies that require careful taste, Emma's acting skills and John Donne's poetry complement each other. The selfishness of watching movies is to know what literary research can mean to people. The film seems to show that literature is a kind of faith for Vivian, but at the end of life, it seems that faith itself is not enough.

The most tearful scene in the film is that her mentor comes to see her and holds her to read to her. The mentor already has a five-year-old great-grandson, and she is still alone. When we face sickness and death, what we fear most is actually loneliness. In addition, the film also seems to allude to the lack of humanistic care in medical treatment. Only the dark-skinned nurse gave Vivian the last-minute care and love. The intern looked at the female professor who was suffering from illness, and even a word of comfort and a warm gesture. nothing. Is this to blame him? They were all educated in this way. He said, always thinking about the meaning of life and death will make people go crazy, so will they lead a better life if they don't? An untapped life is not worth living. When I become a teacher in the future, I will tell students that metaphysical poets must watch this movie.

I don't know why the name of the play was translated into this name, but I can't think of a more suitable translation for the time being.

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Wit quotes

  • Vivian Bearing: After all, brevity is the soul of wit.

  • Vivian Bearing: I trust this will have a soporific effect.

    Susie Monahan: I don't know about that, but it sure does make you sleepy.

    Vivian Bearing: [laughing]

    Susie Monahan: What's so funny? What? What?

    Vivian Bearing: [laughing] Soporific means "makes you sleepy".