She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish, with her did not agree.
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She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.
This poem by Yeats runs through the whole film, adding a touch of youth to the heavy film atmosphere; but behind this youth is an endless sense of vicissitudes, which fits perfectly with the film. This film has religion, law, impulse, reason, life and death; and these contradictions unfold one by one with the choice of the protagonist, and finally presents us with a concerto of love and life.
As a judge, Fiona devoted herself to this great cause. As far as the judgment of the case is concerned, she is almost impeccable; after so many years of tempering, the law has already become a ruler in her heart, and in many cases, she has made a decision even before the trial. There is no doubt that she is a perfect judge.
However, there are not only laws in this world. Besides legal principles, what is more important is people’s hearts. That's why her husband wants an affair, and that's why Adam is so in love. For the love of these two men, she is puzzled, she is afraid, and her choice is to escape. Jack chooses to wait, Adam chooses to die, and they are all trying to "wake up" Fiona in their own way. They eventually succeeded, and Fiona became a "person" again.
Adam, as a seventeen or eighteen-year-old teenager, has experienced too much. Since birth, he has been a Jehovah's Witness, living in his "reality". He is about to become an adult, but he learns that he is suffering from leukemia, and his life and death are only on the front line. In the face of death, he still sticks to his faith and chooses to welcome death for the faith of his parents. To be reborn, to embark on the path of seeking faith, but only to die to achieve freedom.
But is faith really that important? Worth Adam giving up his life for? Is it worth Fiona to give up love? "Take love easy", "take life easy", life should not be so heavy. Faith is beautiful, but it makes us carry too much; faith is simple, but it makes us miss too much. Before Adam's death was to realize the greatness of his faith, but in the end Adam's departure was for his own life. He finally unloaded all the burdens and found the ultimate belief - self. And Fiona also rediscovered herself in the last song "Windsor Garden", and watched Adam's departure again as a "human". In this scene, love and life blend together. That kiss was not the spark between an ignorant teenager and a mature woman, but the collision and sublimation of the ultimate belief in life. Fiona's heart was rekindled, and Adam's heart was able to return to himself.
Young or stupid, maybe we must be one of them.
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