The three duels were designed to be rather symbolic. The first duel Barry's father's death also hints at his fate. The second duel was manipulated and started his legendary life, but it also foreshadowed that he was unable to control his own destiny and could do nothing about it. In the third duel, Barry's tolerance did not exchange for the reconciliation of his stepson. In the end, he was seriously injured and eventually retired from the stage of history. This echoes his father's death in a duel and seems to reveal a kind of fate.
Barry ultimately lost money. The capitalist financial system actually dominated the social life of the nobility before the bourgeoisie came to power in Europe. Aristocratic status can already be converted into economic income naked. "Anyone who earns £30,000 a year should have a title." But the £30,000 doesn't belong to him after all, and the bill is only valid through Mrs. Lyndon's signature. The seemingly weak, swallowed Mrs. Lyndon actually controls his fate, simply because of her title and that pen. Old Mrs. Barry was right, he was nothing without money.
There is a saying: seek wealth and wealth and risk, and mingle in the upper class;
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