Victorian London, England, damp and dark streets, rattling carriages, faint gas lights... From Sherlock Holmes to Jack the Ripper, it seems that only in such an environment can the world-famous detectives and murderers be produced. In fact, in this era when the industrial revolution reached its peak, detectives and murderers are like a pair of twins, needing each other and relying on each other. As a result, the Victorian era also deduced the social law that "the morality and values of human beings will also be divided to a certain extent when the technological revolution reaches a certain stage".
It was a conservative age, but also an open age: on the one hand women were treated with unprecedented respect, on the other hand the virgin body of a young girl could be bought for a few pounds; on the one hand the almost "zero pornography" of literature, on the other hand the popular The pornographic descriptions of the works are unscrupulous; on the one hand, there are many churches, on the other hand, there are brothels; on the one hand, it advocates the sanctity of marriage, and on the other hand, adultery scandals are commonplace; Sanitary conditions are not met...
In this era of division, people seem to have another "self" within themselves, an opposite self. The heroine Lizzie has been abused and sexually assaulted by adults since she was a child. The inferiority complex and violence in her bones will inevitably accompany her throughout her life. Her thirst for fame is nothing more than to offset her bad feeling of inferiority, and her unscrupulousness for profit is nothing but the endorsement of the violent factor in her body. So she could not love John Chris but marry him, because he helped her realize the possibility of breaking through and entering the upper class in her life. It's a pity that the value of the tool lies in the value itself, so when Chris loses the value of use, he is just a sacrifice on the altar of Lizzie.
Lizzie's treatment of the second female fully reflects the innate self-protection instinct and cunning of the little people from the bottom. Obviously disgusted, and obviously being told countless times, Lizzie is still willing to lead the wolf into the room, and is willing to let her replace her riding position. This is nothing more than to help myself hold on to that little bit of poor hope.
What kind of people will have what kind of government. In this government, although the inspector has his own ideas, he cannot help himself. In those days, needing a murderer was more important than catching a "Jack the Ripper" murderer. The execution of a wife who killed her husband means that social order, public morality, and the values of the times are maintained, while the execution of a demon just makes people one less news about the news and one less news point. The so-called order is nothing but the starting point of selfishness in the context of industrialization, and it is the one-time manifestation of divided social values. Therefore, although the inspector is depressed, it does not affect his promotion. After all, the inner turmoil is no match for the temptation of real interests. At this point, Lizzie, the Inspector and the whole of the Victorian era are a trinity.
It was the best of times and the worst of times, and this sentence seems to be made for movies, and vice versa. Reinterpreting the Victorian era is an interesting proposition brought to me by the film, and "The Victorian Murderer" seems to have a slightly tragic color.
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