he has nothing

Dee 2022-03-24 09:02:15

He loved his father so much, but he died; he trusted his master, Darlington, but Darlington made a political mistake; he loved Miss Kenton, but Kenton ended up marrying someone else.

So in the end he got nothing and was stuck in that mansion for the rest of his life.

"Work, work, work, this is what I have been doing in the past, now and in the future..." Apart from working faithfully and according to the rules, he did not dare to break the line, did not dare to intervene in anything, did not want to reveal his emotions, did not want to express His own love, he just worked harder when he was sad, he hurt himself, and brewed himself into a bottle of bitter but charming wine, which was smoked to the audience. But also because of this, his external indifference hurt his father, hurt Kenton, who was full of expectations for him, and finally was alone.

He drew a circle for himself and banned himself for the rest of his life. What it means to draw a dungeon into a prison, Stevens in "Leave the Days" really explained it 100%. Just like the name of the film, the traces of the past, Stevens left only a faint trace in his heart in the end, the past was, the past is gone, and the future is not much left, what a pity. At the end of the film, he looked at the flying white dove and wondered if he would shed tears gently.

How lonely it would be if he shed tears.

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The Remains of the Day quotes

  • Miss Kenton: [about a new housemaid] You don't like having pretty girls on the staff, I've noticed.

    [teasing]

    Miss Kenton: Might it be that our Mr Stevens fears distraction? Can it be that our Mr Stevens is flesh and blood after all and doesn't trust himself?

    Stevens: [with the faintest trace of a smile] You know what I'm doing, Miss Kenton? I'm placing my thoughts elsewhere as you chatter away.

    Miss Kenton: ...then why is that guilty smile still on your face?

    Stevens: Oh it's not a guilty smile. I'm simply amused by the sheer nonsense you sometimes talk.

    Miss Kenton: It *is* a guilty smile. You can hardly bear to look at her. That's why you didn't want to take her on, she's too pretty.

    Stevens: Well, you must be right Miss Kenton, you always are.

  • Miss Kenton: I don't know what my future is. Ever since Katherine, my daughter, got married last year, my life has been empty. The years stretch before me and if only I knew how to fill them. But, I would like to be useful again.