There are many people who complain about Esther. They feel that her life is tragic enough that nothing good has happened to her. She actually doesn't want to harm others.
This character is actually very successful, and several women compared with her have their own characteristics and destiny.
For example, in the first season: sister mary, she is an indispensable person for Lenny's spiritual growth, a nun, a clergyman, corresponding to her status as a nun, she is neither rigid nor dogmatic, she plays ball , smoking, wearing slogan T-shirts, and even having a subtle relationship with the secretary of state.
Sister Mary has motherhood, but motherhood did not blind her. She is one of the most discerning people in the whole play, comparable to the Secretary of State. But the characteristic of the secretary of state is that she can see the objective truth, while sister mary can see people's hearts, sister mary is very strong, stronger than many cardinals, because she is a person of firm belief.
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Another woman: Sophia. Sophia has some similarities with sister mary. She is not a devout believer, but more like a hired marketer. She is smart and insightful. She is the first to understand Laney's "marketing ideas" in the first episode. people.
In the second season, the Secretary of State described her as "a woman who never feels uncomfortable." Sophia is very egoistic, very strong, not embarrassed by setbacks, open to listening to others, and very good at understanding others' intentions.
If sister represents faith, Sophia represents worldliness. These two women are the "highest" women in the entire play. As the Secretary of State said, "What is power? Information is power." Not selfish", "with faith" or "without faith", they can all be "dignified".
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The third woman, the leader of the extremist organization, a woman in red.
She is a fanatical believer. If you have faith and have contact with religious groups, you will find that sister mary and Sophia are rarely seen in religious groups, and there are more women in red and Esther.
The woman in red said to esther, "Blessing the thirteenth is my LORD", she is not a strong-willed person, she is just extreme. Maybe she has experienced Lenny's miracle, maybe she has been inspired by the Holy Light, she blindly tries to "awaken the Pope", firmly believes that the Holy See is controlled by the "dark forces", and even do whatever it takes to do this, even at the cost of harming others -- this way It is not uncommon for people to deal with their beliefs.
why? In layman's terms, "her ability is not enough to support her ambition".
The woman in red is different from sister mary and Sophia. She has the illusion that "I am spiritually close to the Pope, and I know the Pope best", but she does not have the real "power of information", does not understand the overall information, and tries to use If you use your own power to control people at higher levels, you will definitely end up worrying.
The woman in red is another version of Sophia, smart, persistent, and understands the weaknesses of human nature, but what she is inferior to Sophia is that she lacks self-knowledge.
Sophia is very clear about her status in the world, what she can do, what she can do and what she can't do.
Finally, when the woman in red knelt down at Lenny's feet, Lenny said forcefully: "Get up!" Lenny's "ghost" has been close to almost all the people in the play, but never approached the woman in red , this is a subtle metaphor—Lenny can get close to those who really have him in his heart, whether for him or against him, but this extreme red woman, Lenny has never approached her, and her heart may not be true There is "God".
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Finally say esther. She is simple and complex, self-willed and opinionless, easily swayed and easily betrayed. She is a very wonderful and tragic woman.
Like sister mary, esther has motherhood, but her motherhood is very blind. She firmly believes that only children are the most important thing. She said that "the purpose of sex is to reproduce". She even looked at the statue of the Virgin Mary in OOXX and turned the rosary in her hand afterwards. She seemed like someone who would keep God's commandments well.
But it's not - when a man seduces her, she succumbs to desire; when the Holy See threatens her, she succumbs to power; when she seduces her with money, she will forget her persistence; when she seduces her with hatred, she will participate in kidnapping and murdering ...
Esther is a person who has no power of heart at all. She is as weak as running water, falling like fallen leaves.
Lenny pity her, in fact, from the beginning to the end, esther is almost the most compassionate person Lenny, he prays for her miracles, he "cleans up the mess" for her several times, but even so, he still can't "save her" ".
——Anyone can influence her, so no one can really influence her. Not even the Pope.
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I think the ending is good - don't get involved in fanatical beliefs, don't get involved in the struggles of gods, don't tear people's lives apart in the name of love and faith.
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At the end, I think of Plato's "Apologetics":
"It's time for us to leave here. I will die and you will live, but no one knows who has a happier future, only God knows."
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