The virtues that people once followed have gradually come to an end in today's society, and people can no longer understand and understand, and even oppose and condemn these virtues. Then, I am the loner who is still retrograde, embracing the beauty in light and shadow, and staggering forward against the times.
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Everyone
Loves Who Is Sylvia? The heroine of Parade's End.
Audiences who have seen Hitchcock's "Rebecca" (Rebecca) have never seen the charismatic, invisible heroine of Rebecca, who is like the oil painting on the promenade. , makes me suffer in her shadow in the play, makes the male protagonist Derwent unhappy, and makes Mrs. Danforth worship.
Sylvia's story is the reproduction of Rebecca and Derwent! Also like a courtesan, with many lovers, as long as she has a look, men are like Jasper (Rebecca's dog), obediently lying in front of her. She has too many lovers, and even she herself doubts who is the father of the child (the child grows more like her husband after marriage)? Fortunately, in the wide net, there was a man on the train named Christopher who was willing to take responsibility, marry her, and save her reputation. Derwent was furious and even beat her because Rebecca mocked him and wanted him to be the father of other people's children, even inheriting Manderley Manor. Well, Silvia's husband, Christopher, a noble gentleman who believed in the traditional morality of the knight era, knew that he was willing to pay for his actions, and it was lifelong, knowing that he was not sure that the child was him. Because they are Catholics. From this point on, Sylvia is much luckier than Rebecca. However, the story has just begun, and Sylvia has not stopped after her marriage, performing all the tricks similar to Rebecca cuckolding Derwent and various situations and emotional changes after that.
Sylvia is beautiful, beyond measure. She is good at how to show her female beauty in front of everyone and how to become the brightest star among all living beings. No matter what occasion she appears in, she will always be the focus of people's attention. Even at her mother-in-law's funeral, she would not hesitate. She has a high self-esteem, and she can get whatever she wants with ease. But her husband, Christopher, made her unbearable. Under the same roof, she couldn't bear the fact that her husband cared more about the child than her, and he could leave her arms in order to put the child to sleep; she couldn't bear to think that this stupid man, who lacked affection and was stupid, was actually far more than herself. He is much smarter; the most unbearable thing for her is that he is always so decent and polite to accept, deal with her gossip outside and maintain her reputation, even after she eloped with her lover, he can be so calm and rational. While she was using the fame and family he gave her, she spurned the tolerance and responsibility he gave her. The wife, who had never stopped having sex with others on the eve of the wedding and after, began to get tired of the beauty of running away with different lovers, not condemned, but boring. She went back to her husband and desperately wanted her husband and his love. For this reason, she has not had sex with other men for five years, thinking about having sex with her husband. This is what many viewers who love Sylvia think are whitewashed! They have condemned Christopher's post-marital indifference, dullness, and spiritual derailment.
Sylvia's infidelity is not well known, and many people even think that she is a good woman, and it is Christopher's luck to marry her! Only relatives and close friends knew, and they had privately asked Christopher if he was considering a divorce. His answer has always been to stick to monogamy and loyalty. Even if you meet a woman you want to marry! Divorce is that only robbers and scumbags will treat his wife like this, which will make his wife lose face. His resolute words, even after meeting Valentine and falling in love with her; even when he has experienced the vicissitudes of life and physical and mental trauma, he has persisted and has never changed. He will not divorce, "for the sake of my child's mother", he will also stick to his responsibilities.
Everyone loves Sylvia. In fact, Christopher loves her too. Back then, when people called him a fool on the way to church to get married, he was happy to be a fool. In his eyes, Sylvia has her beautiful qualities. It's just that this beautiful quality has turned into a game torturing her husband. In the first three years of marriage, Christopher expected to tolerate her indulgence in a gentlemanly manner, a way of love. And Sylvia couldn't understand his indifference and forbearance. Gradually, her indulgence turned into provocation, and her husband-wife relationship turned into conquering and being conquered. Every time, Sylvia used her flesh to provoke him. During the First World War, she even went to the front line, wearing the most sultry underwear, and said to her husband: "Your patience and self-control have defeated me! You have always been tolerant and polite to me, regardless of the little tricks I played when I married you, I don't know...I still don't know if the child is yours, or...Your forgiveness is so cruel. Even if you scolded me sharply and kicked me out of the house, it would be better than letting me live in your house for five years (the apartment that Holborn rented). ), but not being with me is more merciful... I have longed for a man's breath for the past five years..." At this point, she was completely cleansed. Christopher, who was physically and mentally exhausted on the battlefield, was completely defeated. He kissed her frantically, and was about to roll the bed, but was hit by an old lover that Sylvia had invited before. As Sylvia herself said: "I'm not just a woman desperate to save her husband." So she left the door to her lover. Sylvia has always been inherently inflexible, tormented for conquest. In the end, she cut down the tree of Grubby, destroying the entire memory and emotional sustenance of childhood, family affection, and parental love in her husband's heart.
Sylvia has always lived for herself, she has always loved herself, home, lover, husband, children, servants, etc., are all for contentment, and everything is controlled by her beauty and wrist. As long as you live happily and delicately, you don't have to worry about the pain of others! She doesn't want to suffer, she doesn't know respect, and when she's in a bad mood, people around her will inevitably suffer, even children. As long as you live unrestrainedly and happily, don't care about the red tape and rules! It was such a stunner who married a Call it, parade like Christopher. In front of him, she felt humble, although she was contemptuous, but in her heart she hoped that he would fall and join forces once. Facing Christopher is as maddening as facing a mirror, revising an encyclopedia! She was distressed because she couldn't do it herself. She felt that it was a great thing for her not to let other men kiss and intimacy for five years, but she ignored that it was her duty. She was angry because she had been unable to conquer her husband, and she could not understand that there was an equal exchange of souls other than sex. She can never understand that he has upheld his integrity all his life, and she unknowingly condemns him with his nobility, so that she will feel a lot better. Torturing this man became the joy of her life. If she is disappointed, these unpleasant emotions are her own.
Nowadays, many people often make mistakes themselves, but blame others for being unfair to them, and blame others for their own faults. It was clearly the one who started the wounding, but instead it became an innocent victim. So don't worry about people like Sylvia being disappointed, instead they will live well, nourished, and graceful. Even if she was repenting, she would put a pillow on herself to make it more comfortable. Five years of guarding, not forgetting to flirt, just to live comfortably. These comforts made her husband bear more ordeals. She doesn't hang from a tree, she always has a backup. When foreseeing irreparable and torturing Christopher, there is still that general to hook up with, and even a divorce, there are plenty of stupid men to fool. Even if they died in the trenches, at least they died smiling at her! It seems that Mrs. Danforth's fanatical words of worship can be heard in her ears. She vividly interprets Rebecca, and her husband is not the impulsive Derwent, but always the responsible Christopher.
Sad and poor Christopher
outburst or forbearance, which is more tormenting and painful?
Everyone can't understand what Christopher is thinking? He neither divorced the prostitute nor lived with her like a man.
"If a woman is not chaste, what else can her husband do?" Christopher was forced to ask rhetorically. In his three views, he has always insisted on Call it, parade.
The general said: "No one pays attention to it now! You are the last person who still persists and persists to this day."
Christopher lived in the twentieth century, maintaining ten Eighth century conservatism. His chivalry is not only spiritual, but also moral. Not just etiquette, manners, demeanor, but more importantly love, respect, generosity, bravery, compassion, obedience, honesty, fairness, keeping promises, being helpful, sacrificing for ideals and honor, etc. His mind is not stale, he is intelligent, visionary, highly intelligent and literary. Such a man should be distinguished, and honor and praise should belong to him. But he turned out to be the most notorious man in Great Britain, for which his parents died one after another.
He was tempted by his youth, and the indiscreet behavior on the train made him know that Sylvia had someone other than him, and he was not sure whether the child Sylvia was carrying was his own, but he took it upon himself when the other party proposed to marry him. responsibility. After his wife's indiscretion and elopement after marriage, Christopher's mother's weak body died without being able to withstand the blow. He will explain to his wife that it was because of the disease and not the plot of the vulgar novel. Moreover, it is claimed that his wife is going abroad to take care of her mother. Comforting his panicked mistress for friend McMaster, leading to rumors of a "shared mistress" is not explained. Rational understanding of women's demonstrations for suffrage and helping them suffer from gossip and malicious slander. Friend McMaster was short of funds, so he gave most of his mother's inheritance to his friend, without returning it or repaying it. Disagreeing with the fake data and unwilling to join forces, he resigned from the Royal Bureau of Statistics and chose to serve as a soldier on the front line. Offending the generals for the benefit of the soldiers, for their fair treatment. Sent to the front line to take on the responsibilities of the commander who has run out of control, and face the death with the soldiers. A series of behaviors such as being able to treat the enemy's wounded soldiers rationally and humanitarianly, and finally giving the Medal of Honor to those who need it more are all based on his respect for the personality of others, sympathy for the situation of others, and preserving the dignity of others, preferring to be misunderstood, A sense of responsibility for the other party even if he is defaced; and his due diligence to his superiors and the people; his frugality, trustworthiness, respect for the past, and caring for the people.
It is precisely Christopher's series of noble and responsible behaviors that make him intolerant of this world. Those who did not forget to hook up because of Sylvia's five-year stay, and who were not jealous of his rivals, those colleagues who were despised by him because of cheating, those friends who turned from shame to fear because of his respectability, those who On the surface, the sages and gentlemen are lewd and lewd in private, friends, relatives, colleagues, etc. They have all become people who slander and arrange him. They hate his integrity and nobility, hate his nobility, hate him and refuse to join forces. They slandered Christopher's debauchery, that he had an illegitimate child, that he was a French spy in his career, that he overdrafted checks and that his reputation was discredited.
Unable to bear the blow, his father lost his soul and was mistakenly killed by his own shotgun. He said that it was unacceptable that his father did not communicate with him, refused inheritance and a comfortable life of fine clothes and food. Rather, it was his fault that he couldn't forgive himself for not explaining to his father and letting the rumors develop! He felt that he was no longer a whole person. He felt very guilty and remorseful for his father's death. He loved his family very much, and the boy who was his child after all. He loves this boy with all his heart, and what he can do for the child is not to get divorced. The boy will become the 14th generation heir of the family and has a good nurturing environment.
Christopher is almost a saint except for one misdemeanor on the train. But he is not a saint, he is a human being, and he will have feelings, tears, pain and death. The sad sound of the violin in the film conveys his inner world. He walked on the remains of the Grubby tree that had grown up with him, picked up the remaining wooden blocks, and returned to the apartment that Holborn rented on the four walls of his home. Valentine came to look for him. She heard that he was back and that he was sick. She couldn't wait to run in front of him, just as she rushed in front of him five years ago to fight for women's suffrage. He loves this girl with a little boyish short hair, and he fell in love with her the first time he saw her. In his eyes, she was the most beautiful. Once they helped the maid escape together, drove the carriage on the trail, listened to the singing of the nightingale, and used Shakespeare's lines to talk. The dull Christopher sings for her in the fog, her face emerges in the fog, and love comes before dawn! Watching the still sun together under the rising sun of the summer solstice on this longest day. This is the most beautiful thing in his life, even in the indiscriminate bombing of the trenches, this beauty has always supported him to not lose his mind and live.
For a man who is in the marriage stage, if he falls in love with another woman, although his marriage exists in name only, and although they have no physical connection, spiritual infidelity is also a kind of infidelity. Once they fall in love with each other, they will be infatuated with each other. This is the most ironic part of the film. Christopher is not a saint, he is just a good man. When he hugs the horse and weeps sadly; when he can only send a simple New Year's greeting to his friends; when he sits alone on the sofa and tastes loneliness; when he despairs that he can't have it, He must have regretted his past indiscretions (I think he was miserable every time he took the train), but Christopher wouldn't give up on his principles.
He couldn't give Valentine anything, and she asked him to never have to give her anything!
Christopher's brother Mark wants someone to take care of him, and that person is Valentine. When everyone called him a fool, complained and blamed him, he wanted to be respected and understood in his heart. Valentine is the only one who can communicate, she appreciates, respects this man, and gives him hope and peace. She loved him and was deeply attracted by his thoughts, personality, and intelligence. She wants to be his lover, to make him happy, even for an hour!
At the end of the film, Christopher is destitute, and he can only throw the wooden blocks of the Grubby tree that he had brought back as a memorial into the fireplace to heat his comrades who came to celebrate the end of the war. While everyone sings and dances, Christopher stretches out his hands, the only thing he could possibly have is Valentine. The camera switches between their dancing and bed scenes, as well as the scene where Silvia asks the general to marry her. This montage technique gives the audience room for all kinds of imagination.
Parade's End is a very realistic work, and each viewer can see his own point of view from different angles. Among the many views, one is that the show is about the end of chivalry, the end of honor, and the end of people like Christopher. Although a little pessimistic, but compared to today, it is true. When everyone loves Sylvia, I only admire Christopher. Such people may exist, but are ideal. Valentine said that he is innocent like a child, and the child will inevitably get hurt, and if we have more understanding and appreciation, the faith will not be shattered. Don't let public opinion become the executioner of morality, don't punish yourself, don't follow the crowd, follow your heart, and be your true self! Abide by etiquette, live for love, look forward to beauty, and achieve unity of behavior and morality.
Postscript:
At first it was discovered by accident, then it was extremely disgusting and confused, and then it was dissecting the phenomenon to see the essence. Benedict Cumberbatch (Benedict Cumberbatch) interprets Christopher, delicate, natural, a look, a twitch, a tear, etc., into the play, I thought it was more perfect than the "curly blessing".
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