Tragedy is one of the main genres of drama, which originated from ancient Greek drama. In a tragedy, the protagonist often experiences a series of accidental events, but there is an inevitable connection. The result of this inevitable connection is usually destruction. The protagonist cannot change it by his own strength. And tragedy is in such a process, giving people a shocking power. In the type of tragedy, heroic tragedy occupies a considerable proportion. The film "Curse of the ring", adapted from the German "Song of the Nibelung" and the Norse myth "The Legend of Walsung", is a typical representative of this kind of tragedy.
The whole movie uses a lot of details to further express the atmosphere of tragedy: for example, in the princess Kremhild holding the medicinal wine in front of the dragon slayer warrior, at this time, the letter crow sent by the queen of Iceland landed next to it On the table, watching Siegfried drink the medicinal wine, the shadow of the Queen of Iceland is reflected in the medicinal wine, and gradually fade away... It makes people feel sad. Another example: King Burgundy, Hagen, and Siegfried came to the palace of the Queen of Iceland. When the queen saw Siegfried's arrival, the fire in her eyes was enough to melt the deep snow outside the palace, but, The blacksmith's eyes still maintained the original calm. The cold wraps not only Brunnhilt, but our hearts and minds as well. Another example, when Hagen inserted the javelin into Siegfried's back heart, Siegfried's screams and the last mournful cry: "Brunhilt", with Queen Brunnhill. The tears on Te's face and heart are intertwined in our minds. The death of the hero, the curse of the ring, and the arrangement of fate have pushed the tragic atmosphere to the top!
"Ring of the Nibelung" is not only full of strong tragedy, but also the arrangement of fate. What is man, what is destiny, and who am I are the eternal topics of human beings, and the ultimate propositions that thinkers of ancient and modern China and foreign countries have been exploring. When it comes to fate, one immediately thinks of Sisyphus who kept rolling boulders in Greek mythology, Oedipus who killed his father and married his mother, and the story of Jingwei filling the sea in Chinese mythology... In this play, the dragon slayer hero Siegfried did not choose to give up gold when facing the admonition of the Wutong people, but put on a ring that symbolized the owner of the gold. In the end, after a series of changes, he came into contact with this batch of cursed gold. Men, Siegfried, Hagen, Gunter, including the great dragon Fafnir, were all destroyed by the sledgehammer of fate. Is it true that people's fate cannot be controlled by themselves? Is it true that human beings cannot resist the gods in the sky?
The author believes that there are three reasons why Siegfried and others did not escape their destiny, or did not surpass their own destiny: First, Siegfried's tragic fate came from the early German people's worship of God, and they believed that The oracle cannot be violated. Of course, this is justifiable, because at that time social productivity was extremely low, people's scientific and cultural knowledge was extremely poor, and many natural phenomena could not be explained, so people could only rely on gods to get comfort.
Secondly, this tragic fate comes from his character and social morality at that time. In the play, Siegfried is a young man. He is young and vigorous. He doesn't take the kindly persuasion of the old people to heart. Although it is said that heroes have been young since ancient times, but his mind is not complete. deep, eventually leading to tragedy. And for King Gunter, what dominates his character, as his sister put it, is jealousy, guilt, and greed. As a king, he knew that he was not as brave as Siegfried, and his country's wealth was not as rich as Siegfried, so the dark side of his soul occupied his heart. For Hagen, in "Song of the Nibelungs", he was a loyal minister, but in this play, the screenwriter turned him into a villain in order to strengthen the tragedy of the play. Hagen was originally the son of the exiled Wutong tribe Abelik, and finally killed his father brutally after the matter was done.
In the end, this tragic fate comes from Siegfried's principle of doing things and attitude towards life. For his friends, Siegfried did his best to help, and for his brothers, he reluctantly shared his weaknesses with them. But it was precisely because of such an attitude of life that he finally lost his life.
Tragedy is caused by fate, and whether one can surpass one's own destiny has become the most noble quality spirit. The nobility of this spirit is the sublimation of human nature, and it is a spirit of martyrdom that is known to be impossible. Humans are a tiny part of the vast universe, and they are generally small, ignorant, and fearful in the face of natural destiny. However, as the spirit of all things, human beings have the self-awareness to know oneself, conform to fate, and also have the initiative to surpass fate. Facing the mysterious fate, Chinese sages said: "Do your best to know the destiny", "Making things are done by people, and success is in heaven." This is an attitude that conforms to the destiny and is not negative. Later people like Su Dongpo shouted: "Since the mayfly is in the sky and the earth, it is a drop in the vast ocean, I mourn the shortness of my life, and I envy the infinity of the Yangtze River. I roam with the flying immortals, and hold the bright moon and die forever. The free and easy feelings of entrusting the will to the sad wind".
"The Ring of the Nibelung" is about a tragedy, the tragedy of a man who did not escape his destiny, the tragedy of a group of people who have not surpassed themselves. At the same time, it reveals the essence of human nature: the beauty of love, the poison of jealousy, the disaster of hatred.
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