Because watching the English version of "The Scarlet Letter" was very difficult and depressing, I turned out this movie. The first half of the movie is about the two people meeting each other for the first time, which is not in the book. The heroine is also very different from the submissive and pious character in the book. She is independent and avant-garde, and her character is resolute and determined. Seeing the heroine driving a carriage reminded me of Scarlett in Gone with the Wind. Of course this movie is about love, but also about religion. There seems to be nothing positive about the depiction of religion in literature, such as the hypocritical bishop in Notre Dame de Paris. Recently, I read "The Mysterious Stranger" in Mark Twain's short story collection, which bluntly attacked the stupidity of human beings and the hate of religion. In the face of his neighbor being framed as a witch, even if he didn't want to, he would throw stones at her to avoid censure from those around him. Religion acts as a means to imprison the people's thoughts and control their behavior. Only the rulers benefit. The people either completely accepted it in their hearts, or they dared not resist under pressure, and the rule was formed in this way. Humans claim to be civilized and have a sense of morality, but what they do is far more cruel than uncivilized beasts, with spiritual shackles and weapons of destruction. Even if the beast is ferocious, it only relies on its own teeth and claws. But human beings have gone from sticks and stones to cold weapons, to firearms and cannons, to various lethal weapons now. Human beings hurt each other because of their interests. Love in movies is hard, hard to come by. The ending gave a bright tail. But such a happy ending is often an imagination and wish.
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