No wonder some people blame modern man for its depravity. This play by Chekov is really subtle and mean to the surface of modern people's romantic, ambiguous, and deep-seated malaise and incompetence. The movie "Vania at 42nd Street" adapted from this script is also in place. The actors are also well matched. Except the actor who played Uncle Vanya was not as gentleman as I thought.
The best is Sofia, very pure and strong. It's just that there is a line that is a bit cruel, "She is so kind and generous, but why is she so ordinary?" Especially after Sofia said it herself, I really doubt what is the essence of beauty? The word "ordinary" is plain, which is also aurally innocent and helpless. Beautiful things are not cherished, what are people loving? I can't understand why the doctor can't like Sofia, because she is not enchanting enough, mysterious enough, not demagogic enough? The answer may be precisely here. This middle-aged man was accustomed to the adoration of this pure girl, to the tenderness and serenity she brought him, just like the country life in which he was always quiet as stagnant water, no matter how much he loved them verbally or in his heart Quiet and natural, as long as the wind is flourishing, his heart that yearns for subversion and temptation can never be concealed.
Because the actor who played Uncle Vanya was a little different from what I expected, in almost most of the episodes, I just thought he was too wordy. When he tried to kiss his brother-in-law's beautiful step-wife several times, I even thought he was a little frivolous and wretched. Of course, at the end of his tragedy, I was able to understand and sympathize with him. The Russians have always had a tradition of respecting and yearning for knowledge. If you understand this, you can understand how tragic Vanya's disappointment is.
The cause of everyone's tragedy is directly related to Vanya's brother-in-law and Sofia's father, Serebryakov. He is a pseudo-intellectual whose superficial career is learning and speaking, but he is essentially a bookworm and exploits the people around him. The tragedy of knowledge is the most representative in him. Perhaps no nation in any era can be without such a master, who justly enslaves others under the banner of erudition.
At the same time, the tragic love affair between him and his young step-wife Yelina also confirms my point of view once again. I have never admired the unequal marriage of old husband and young wife or old wife and young husband. After all, in love, two equally strong and equal souls should be attracted to each other, not because of worship, conquest, or other factors that change with time and place.
Elena is as young, beautiful, and charismatic as many women at the center of dramatic conflict. She is a descendant of Helen and is destined to survive not by reason but by emotion. They will not be humble for their beauty, nor regret their mistakes. Beautiful people always have too many opportunities to fall in love. And they are at their most beautiful when they are in love. Oscar Wilde once said that the only thing in the world that does not need to prove its existence is beauty.
So when the beautiful Yelena started to have a little introspection and self-control, I just thought she was perfect. If I were to compare Yelena and Sofia, I can only say that there will really be a red rose and a white rose in this world. They are twins, the poles of the guide, and the unity of each other.
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