The lines are very obscure and difficult to understand. After reading it for the first time, I can't help but ask if Merteuil loves Valmont? After reading a lot of film reviews, it is said that the wife "forced" the male protagonist to break up with Mrs. Tourvel out of jealousy.
Then I went back and read it again:
When the male protagonist proposed to break up with his lover, he repeatedly said "its beyond my control", which was also repeatedly telling the audience that he really fell in love with her. After slamming out the door, the male protagonist listened to his lover crying at the door. He wanted to turn the handle of the door and go in to comfort him, but he didn't want to compromise with his vanity. Damn vanity!
The male protagonist came to Mrs. Merteuil late at night after breaking up and wanted him to fulfill his promise. Madame saw it all, and she angered him to see if he really liked Madame Tourvel. She said "if I guessed that you love her, how could you be ashamed to be so evil to him? You can't bear any ridicule". Damn, it's the damn vanity again! Both are heartless killers in love, thinking that they will only play with others in the palm of their lives, but Valmont fell in love with others, and he lost. Then Mrs. Merteuil said "I can't beat her, but I've beaten you".
In the end, the male protagonist asked to go up with Mrs. Merteuil. I thought I would compromise, but the female protagonist turned out to be the female protagonist, and said with a strong aura, "all right! War!" What kind of psychology is this? Is it vanity again?
After learning that the male protagonist was dead, Merteuil threw things frantically, which made people think that she also had feelings for the male protagonist.
After watching the climax twice, I still can't analyze whether Mrs. Merteuil loves Valmont? If so, is it a deformity?
Finally, I want to say that the heroine is worthy of being a heroine, Vanity and happiness are incompatible!
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