On January 8, 2017, I watched the first episode of "Cranford" today on the recommendation of my senior sister. The background of the story is set in a peaceful town in England in the mid-nineteenth century. The quiet and peaceful pastoral scenery calms the impetuous heart. The quiet country roads are winding and vaguely paved with gravel. The small, low-rise, small houses in rows are not lavishly decorated, but they are also simple and elegant, small and chic. The aristocratic old ladies in the town dress well, behave appropriately, and adhere to etiquette and hierarchical order. Their strict observance of etiquette is a recognition and pride of their own status. One small detail is impressive, Miss Deborah eats oranges with her sister, Miss Matte, and Miss Marry, and later realizes that Mary is their maid and the heroine of the show. The method of digging a hole in the orange and sucking it mentioned by Miss Marry was considered extremely vulgar by Miss Deborah, and finally the three of them had to go back to their respective rooms to consume oranges in their own way. Of course, the most elegant way to eat is the old lady's, cut into small pieces and eat slowly. Anything that offends the etiquette of the hierarchy is considered vulgar and shameful to them. Probably in the British society in 1842, it was still a hierarchical society, and the insurmountable boundaries between the strata divided the rules of dealing with people and things very different. The old ladies felt unreasonable for Captain Brown's behavior to support the young lady. She recognized that the behavior of the former supporting the latter was out of Christian love, but it was disrespectful to let the young lady hold his arm, and he scoffed. "Vulgar emotions are so contagious," she said. There is also the old lady who owns the big manor when she was recruiting servants, and she was angry that she said a few more words to the candidate, thinking that it was beyond her due level. What she was worried about was that the etiquette and order dominated by the nobles were being destroyed a little bit. For Miss Brown, who was her dead sister, it was a very outrageous act that Miss Deborah agreed to accompany her to walk behind the coffin. Because women were not allowed to attend funerals at that time. The young lady's father expressed gratitude to the old lady. The new doctor brings freshness and vitality to the town. I have a premonition that he is going to stage an emotional drama with that beautiful lady, we will wait and see. This is what it was like to watch the first episode. To be continued~
I finished watching "Cranford" on January 9, 2017. I really didn't expect this drama to bring me so much emotion and warmth. In such a quaint town in the Victorian era, the aristocratic ladies who adhere to the hierarchical order and etiquette have no worries about food and clothing, live a prosperous life, dress well, and behave appropriately. Every day they talk about the shortness of their parents and look forward to the sunset love. Miss Rose's cat rounds up the delicate lace and gives it laxatives. Another young lady's cow fell into the lime pit, all its hair was burned, and the hostess dramatically dressed it in special clothes. Miss Ludlow stubbornly resisted the arrival of modern industrial civilization, clinging to the melodious idyll of the pastoral landscape, and could not bear to have her manor land passed by the railway. For the sake of her son, she mortgaged the Hambury estate, hoping to leave it to her son after his death. Although they stubbornly maintained the hierarchical order and opposed the hunter's younger son to learn to read, it seemed that once the lower class became literate, their noble sense of civilized superiority was lost. The arrogance and conceit in the bones, the contempt and disdain for the lower class people, truly restored the attitude of the educated class towards the lower class people at that time. Nonetheless, she was a kind-hearted person, and it was said that the nobles at the time were obliged to provide positions. She rejected the housekeeper's suggestion to dismiss the redundant servant, believing that the disabled servant in charge of raising horses would end up on the street. As well as the acquittal of her poaching hunters, these details show the upbringing and benevolent heart of a nobleman, which is touching. The aristocratic old ladies in the town are almost crazy because of the handsome and skilled doctor Carrison.
All the old ladies have no marriage. I don't know why the author sets them to be single. Miss Carrolin's role makes people laugh. Every time she appears, she imagines that Dr. Carrison proposes to him and complains about the doctor, "If I don't go, Zi Ning won't continue." The rippling, white hair was dyed black by the two of them, ready to wait for Dr. Carrison's marriage proposal in the Labor Day celebration. Miss Brown couldn't bear to be left alone by her father, who rejected Mr Morgon's marriage proposal again. The latter went to India, and when she found out that her father, Captain Brown, had been hired to build the railway and had a regular salary to support himself, she remorsefully blamed him and burst into tears. The scene that came out was disturbing. Miss Matty's love is somewhat poignant. Mr. Hobrock, who has been waiting for 30 years, carefully prepared a date. When he left, his confession was very touching. A bouquet of primroses, and a book of poems by Mr. Tennyson that she loved. "We can't turn back time, we can only move forward, just like time itself. I'm not leaving for no reason, I'm doing this so that while I'm away, you can take a breather and think about where we're going in the future. … Hurry is never ours Style, Miss Matty, if we act in a hurry, it will be out of shape." The love that has been waiting for thirty years is about to see the fruit, but I received the sad news that my husband contracted pneumonia and died on the way. Miss Matty sent away the loved one, and this love that was separated from life and death before it was too late to hold hands.
The elegance, education and thoughtfulness of the noble ladies make people feel warm. When Miss Matty was in financial bankruptcy, the bank failed and her property (furniture, etc.) was in danger of being confiscated, they held a relief meeting. In order to take care of Miss Matty's face and not make her feel undignified and dignified by relief, they funded her anonymously. He also lied in good faith in the name of the bank's miscalculation. The feeling of caring for others is the embodiment of true upbringing, the kind of silent, trickling warmth that moistens people's hearts. It was very touching when the old lady who felt guilty for the small donation because of her financial constraints explained to Marry how much she loved Miss Matty in tears. She said that I don't give a lot of money so you don't think I'm stingy but because I'm very poor myself. The biggest conflict in the scene is the awkward farce at the Labor Day celebration, the kind of big misunderstanding, the pranks of his good friend Dr. Carrison that almost tarnished Dr. Carrison's reputation and ruined his love. Since the scene was sad, it also felt ridiculous and funny. Miss Carolin's jealousy and her emotional breakdown when she knew that the doctor liked Miss Sophie were very funny. The reason why Miss Marry is the heroine of this show is because she is an angel who has contributed to all kinds of beautiful things. It was she who saw that the Valentine's Day cards addressed to Miss Rose and Miss Carrolin were not written by Dr. Carrison, but a prank played by his girlfriend, and she condemned it with a stern tone and a solemn attitude and let him eliminate it with the wisdom of the prank. people's misunderstandings. This conflict highlights the light-comedy character of the play, which is witty and reasonable, yet less intense, gentle and turbulent, and can hold people's hearts tightly. Inspired by Marry, the maid of the matty family also became very considerate. When she learned that she was fired, she cried and said that she could work for free. When she learned that Miss Matty's investment failed, she offered to rent her out. in another house with her carpenter husband. Even the servants of the lower classes have such a beautiful heart.
Angel Miss Marry brought a surprise at the end, not only invited Miss Matty's handsome brother back from India, but also invited Mr. Morgon back, making him and Miss Brown who rejected him twice finally married. Of course, the most beautiful love in the whole play is, of course, that Doctor Carrison and Miss Sophie got married after a misunderstanding, Sophie passed by the god of death, and it was a happy ending. The happy and festive group photo at the end is very touching and makes people memorable for a long time. The piano piece that Miss Brown played twice in the film was the Scottish folk song "Loch Lomand", and the lyrics told a very moving story. At the beginning of 2017, this warm and touching mini-British drama left a deep impression on me.
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