On the cliff of pride and prejudice

Reggie 2021-10-20 17:29:55

Do you know how to get to the cliff of pride and prejudice?

The method is as follows: to Manchester Railway Station, take a train to Hope Valley, get off at Heather Sage Station, walk through Hunger Alley, turn right, go uphill all the way, walk for an hour and a half, you can walk to the foot of Shiyan Mountain. The mountain range stretched for dozens of miles surrounded the surrounding valleys. Don't take a breath at this time, the British day will be dark by four o'clock in the afternoon. Climbing along the muddy hillside trail, to the top is the cliff where Elizabeth played by Keira Knightley in the 2005 film "Pride and Prejudice" stood on.

In the middle of winter, Guo Zi and I were standing on top of Shiyan Mountain. The top of the mountain is very cold, Guo Zi said, don’t watch Keira Knightley’s movies wearing skirts, they are actually filming in winter, and everyone wears down jackets after the filming. We pulled out the original photos of the movie, and studied the angle at which the cosplay can produce exactly the same photos as in the movie. Guo Zi said, if you stand on the rock on the cliff, I will retreat another 20 meters, which is about the same. I said, wait, I have to take off my clothes first, Keira Knightley wears skirts, we don't have to wear down jackets. So I took off my hat, gloves, scarf, coat, and only a single coat on my body. Guo Zi shouted: Very cold? I shouted: It's okay if the numbness is gone. Guo Zi shouted again: Do you want a big picture or a very small picture? I shouted: It's very small, it's better to be so small that you can't see anyone in the photo.

Traveling far and wide for a movie, Guo Zi and I are both the first time. The 2005 edition of "Pride and Prejudice" has an unforgettable beauty in my heart, because the day I watched the movie was my 18th birthday. When I finally stood on the most protruding rock on the cliff of arrogance and prejudice, and fell into the abyss below my feet, I thought, I should think about something seriously.

The hem of Elizabeth's skirt was soaked, her curls were covered with morning dew, she kept moving forward, and she finally met Darcy. Darcy said, "You must know, you must know, all this is for you. From now on, I never want to be separated from you." At this time, the sun rose, rare bright and clear. Their hands were held together, their foreheads touched. Does she really want to marry him, staying with each other in most of the sunless and rainy years in the next few decades? His specific conditions are as follows: an annual income of 10,000 pounds, owns half of Derbyshire, owns a house and a car, both parents have died, loves literature and art, and is gentle and shy.

Sisyphus, King of Corinth, teased the god of death twice. After his death, the gods punished him for pushing a huge boulder up to the top of the mountain, and the stone rolled down the mountain due to its own weight. The gods believe that there is no harsher punishment than this hopeless labor. But Camus said that modern people don't receive "severe punishment" day after day like Sisyphus? Going to work and leaving work, buying vegetables and cooking, washing and washing, the stones are pushed to the top of the mountain, and they roll down hopelessly. Camus writes that Sisyphus's pain can only arise at an accidental moment when he is conscious of actual work. Most of the time, when Sisyphus was not too eager to look forward to the future, he was happy.

What kind of happiness is that? Elizabeth held Darcy's hand, and the rare scorching sun rose from the horizon. She said, "Oh my God, your hands are so cold." At that moment, they were moved by this mediocre world. If she wants to make herself a little happy , You should not expect any thrilling stories in the future. Elizabeth chased the prince, and the fairy tale was over. She had to have eight children like an ordinary 19th century aristocratic woman, play the piano in the living room, hold a dance party in the hall, and learn to experience happiness in trivial and stable conditions. But, perhaps, as Camus said, in one day's sewing, repairing, washing and scrubbing, the snow-smart Elizabeth will be able to experience that "conscious and accidental moment." Sixpence lay on the ground, and a bright moon hung in the sky. How many repetitive and meaningless pushes of the boulder are needed to understand the contradiction between the sixpence and the bright moon, and how many labors are needed to make up your mind to give up the easy and trivial daily life? In Maugham's "Moon and Sixpence", Mr. Charles Strickland is a successful securities broker, his wife is gentle and elegant, and his children are lively and healthy. But in a calm summer afternoon, Mr. Strickland left his wife and son and went to Paris alone. His wife thought he was running away with his mistress, but when she heard that it was painting that prompted him to abandon his home, she cried and said, "If it is a woman, I still hope to win him back, but now I take him away. It's art!"

I hitchhiked on the highway, spent the night at the airport, and spent a lot of time climbing the cliffs of Pride and Prejudice. As I walked down the cliff, an old lady smiled and asked, "Have you found Darcy?" "No, from the top of the mountain, everyone is small and the same." But even without Darcy, again What does it matter? On the cliff with the cold wind, people will be moved by the primitive and naive nature and want to shout at the valley instead of shouting "How are you? I'm fine" as in "Love Letter", but shouting with all their strength. A cry of "Ah..."

Ah... Such a naive touch makes everyone want to leave the tender homeland of sixpence to some extent; but most people can't help but miss the ease of sixpence after enjoying the bright moon. Odysseus finally returned to his wife after twenty years of traveling, and it took only one day for Joyce's Mr. Bloom to forgive his unchaste wife. Sisyphus teased the god of death twice, and even tricked the god of death into putting on handcuffs. He was the smartest person to die in the end, and his happiness started from the moment he pushed the stone in hell. Sisyphus understood: Life and death depend on the sky, and this stone—this little mediocre sixpence—is above the sky. The gods disdain to snatch this stone, this is Sisyphus's stone, this is his business, this is his happiness.

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Pride & Prejudice quotes

  • Mrs. Bennet: Mr. Bennet, you must introduce him to the girls! Immediately!

  • Sir William Lucas: Mr. Bingley, my eldest daughter you know. Mrs. Bennet, Miss Jane Bennet, Elizabeth, and Miss Mary Bennet.

    Mrs. Bennet: It is a pleasure. I have two others, but they are already dancing.

    Mr. Bingley: I'm delighted to make your acquaintance.

    Sir William Lucas: And may I introduce Mr. Darcy of Pemberley and Derbyshire.