Tragedy of Destiny and Tragedy of Character

Glennie 2022-01-20 08:01:26

In the previous acting class, the teacher said that there are two kinds of tragedies, one is character tragedy and the other is fate tragedy.

Tragedies of fate include King Oedipus killing his father and marrying his mother, and character tragedies have the eternal question of Hamlet: "To survive or to destroy, this is a question, whether we should silently endure the ruthless blow of the rough fate, or should we be as deep as the sea without boundaries? Suffering becomes the enemy and overcomes it. These two choices, which one is more noble? "

Some people say that if there is no war, there will be no tragedy of Roy and Mara. But I think that the broken blue bridge is a typical character tragedy.

Roy has the same love and righteousness as Mara. Mara is a ballerina. She is young, beautiful, and has an outstanding temperament. Roy is a colonel in the British army. He is tall, handsome, single-minded, from a well-earned family, and has a prominent position. The two met by chance on the Waterloo Bridge, and they settled for life privately at first sight. If Mara is with him, her life will be worry-free, and she will be a perfect couple. Because of the war, Roy had to be transferred back to the front line immediately, so they were unable to hold the wedding before Roy left. In order to go to the station to meet Roy for the last time, Mara did not hesitate to miss the performance that night, and she knew that such a move would cause her to lose her job. Her good friend Katie also suffered the same fate for defending her.

After being unemployed, Mara and Katie were in distress, wandering around and had nowhere to shelter. But when she communicated with Roy, she said nothing about her situation. If she can confess her experience to Roy, Roy will never ignore her. Helping her is easy for Roy, but she said that whether it is out of self-esteem or love, she doesn't want Roy to let her. Worry for yourself.

Roy gave her flowers, she would rather be hungry than return the flowers to the flower shop for a full meal. She thought she was holding on to the purest love, but she didn't even care about the life and death of her friends around her.

Roy wrote that he wanted his mother to come to London to meet her. If Mara can confess her situation to Roy's mother at this time, she will also receive Roy's mother's assistance. But Mara accidentally saw Roy's name on the list of casualties in the newspaper while waiting to meet in the restaurant. She was incoherent and upside-down in front of Roy's mother, making Roy's mother inexplicable. If she could tell the truth at this time, it wouldn't make the fate of the future so miserable. Finally, facing the unintelligible Mara, Roy's mother left angrily. While Mara was seriously ill, Katie had to be reduced to a prostitute to treat Mara. Mara thought that Roy was dead, so she gave up all hope and joined Katie as a prostitute. Just when she was about to pick up passengers at the station one day, Roy came back.

Fate brought them together again. Roy takes Mara back to the manor and introduces his fiancée to all his relatives. Roy still loves Mara deeply, he wholeheartedly wants to marry her and become his wife. But there was deep fear in Mara's heart. If she was willing to fight at this time, pour out the truth to Roy, and seek Roy's understanding, there is at least a 50% chance of a comeback. With Roy's love for Mara, it is not impossible to forgive her.

However, Mara escaped from the manor and ran away from Roy. She wandered alone on the Waterloo Bridge, lonely and desperately desperate, she finally walked towards the rushing military truck.

The story of a woman's character tragedy is over here.

Is it purely distressing, or stupidly distressing? This is a question.

Therefore, in addition to the classics of Soul Broken Blue Bridge, it can also give people a vigilance. The tragedy of fate is irresistible, and the tragedy of character is even more tragic. This reminds me of many women around me. In fact, their tragedies and encounters are often caused by themselves. But he was unconscious.


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Waterloo Bridge quotes

  • Roy Cronin: Wonderful evening, wasn't it?

    Myra Lester: Yes. Thank you, very much.

    Roy Cronin: When I come back, we'll go there again.

    Myra Lester: Yes.

    Roy Cronin: That'll be our place. That's were we'll always recapture this evening. Do you think we'll ever see each other again?

    Myra Lester: I think it's doubtful, don't you?

    Roy Cronin: Yes, I suppose it is.

  • Roy Cronin: Now, listen, darling. None of your quibbling. None of your questioning. None of your doubts. This is positive, you see. This is affirmative, you see. This is final, you see. You're going to marry me, you see!