Claire's knee, Achilles' ankle

Madaline 2022-09-12 15:35:23

This one has a lot to say! I'm afraid some weirdos only notice Lolita's love haha~

The writer and the diplomat have different attitudes towards marriage. The writer believes that marriage is the possession of each other. She is afraid of being bound and distorting herself by binding others, so she has never been married. The diplomat and his fiancee The attitude is the same, that the husband and wife have their own space, and they are allowed to have good feelings and physical contact with other opposite sex in marriage, as long as they do not let the other party know subjectively and intentionally.

On this cognitive difference, the writer and the diplomat made the second topic, the love experiment, which seems to be morally controversial, but Rohmer shot this game beautifully, and no one was injured. , on the surface it seems that the diplomat is the writer's guinea pig, and Laura is the diplomat's guinea pig, and after a kiss, the diplomat realizes that he seems to be Laura's guinea pig, and the writer will treat himself as a little guinea pig. The guinea pig was doing a love experiment. The one who was really stupid and serious about his relationship was Claire, but Rohmer was very gentle and kind and let the diplomat stop abruptly after getting his wish. It ended with the reconciliation between Claire and her boyfriend. It is also possible. The love experiment reflects middle-aged insight into eroticism, self-deceiving moral standards, and attempts to save old age with love.

Then there is the third Lolita love. Laura's mother believes that the manor is surrounded by mountains on three sides, which reflects her fear and suffocation of male dominance. She hopes that the control will be in her own hands. Whether it's control over yourself or control over your husband. While Laura believes that being in a low position is safe to be wrapped, reflecting her obsession with older men, Claire is not attractive to diplomats because she has always had a father role in her life.

Claire's knee is not a pear tree pressing a begonia, it represents a person's desires and weaknesses. The whole story is about using weaknesses to tease desires. Such a love that wanders on the edge of morality looks despicable and filthy, but think about it, We have similar feelings and means, consciously or not.

For the reflection of the moral aspect of human nature in love, Rohmer just smiled generously.

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Claire's Knee quotes

  • Laura: I was born to be unhappy. But no, I won't be unhappy. I'm very happy. I only think of positive things. People are unhappy because they want to be. When I feel down, I think about how there are happy times and that crying does no good anyway. I think about how marvelous it is to be here and how much fun I'm going to have.

    Jerome: What do you call having fun?

    Laura: Having fun is being alive. For instance, today I'm very happy. Tomorrow I may be sad. So then I make myself think of something else. I concentrate on one specific thing and how fantastic it is, and I'm happy for the rest of the day.

  • Aurora, the novelist: I find all men attractive. That's why I can't pick one. Why one and not another? I need a reason to choose one specific man. Since I can't have them all, I prefer to do without any.