Margaret is clearly more attuned to the new environment than her frail mother, and despite Milton's terrifying first impression, she's actively seeking out new, unusual, and commendable places in this industrial city. She made friends with Bessy, the daughter of the poor worker Higgins, the girl who watched her in the factory; she brought food to visit the hungry children of the poor... The image of the wise, kind, and strong heroine is getting more and more Clearly, Margaret seemed to look better. How God begrudgingly gave Milton a little color and agility, the only place where Margaret could walk, and where she met Higgins and his daughter again, was the park with the cemetery. The green color was so different from the freshness of Helstone, as if it had been soaked in dust, and had a gray taste. However, such a touch of green is already worthy of gratitude. In all scenes related to this park, the background music without exception is the piano solo, which is clean, soothing, beautiful, gentle, and a little sad.
The second time Margaret and Thornton met, the scene changed to Margaret's house, and Thornton's identity turned out to be Mr. Hale's student. Let's take a look at what Thornton learned from Mr. Hale, Aristotle, Plato, philosophy. What kind of person would pursue philosophy after a successful career? He is definitely not a layman, he is definitely a person who is high and eager to be rich in the spiritual world. There is considerable space in the original book about Mr. Thornton's friendship with Mr. Hale, and Mr. Hale's appreciation for Thornton. The pursuit of knowledge is actually a basis for the combination of Thornton and Margaret. If Thornton is as shallow and ignorant as other factory owners, he will definitely not be able to enter Margaret's world.
However, Thornton, who is so studious, is still considered by Margaret as a brutish man who is not kind and gentleman at this moment. Our upright Thornton clearly sensed Margaret's severe disgust and readily admitted that they had met, and under unpleasant circumstances. "I was angry , I have a temper", Thornton explained that his anger was because the smoking worker would cause a factory fire, endangering the lives of thousands, and he himself had witnessed 300 corpses burned to death by the fire . Here, everything should make sense, but our heroine still has a bad face even though she admitted in her heart that Thornton was morally correct in expelling the smoking workers. After all, the bloody punches and kicks shocked her too much.
The polite Thornton invited his mother and sister to visit the Hale family. At this time, he may not have expected that his concern for the Hale family is not only out of his friendship with Mr. Hale. Visiting this scene, the performances of the four actresses are all in place, Mrs. Thornton's pride for his excellent son, Fanny's superficiality and childishness, Mrs. Hale's great care of etiquette, breaking the embarrassment and finding topics, and Margaret's straightforwardness and assertiveness ...
Mr. Hale attended the dinner with the factory owner, which allowed him to see Thornton's unique vision and kindness again. He thought so, he said that installing hair dryers in the factory is the right path. Honest Thornton says he's not doing this for charity and that his workers will be healthier and more profitable. In today's vocabulary, it was a win-win move, and Thornton, who had an upright disposition, was unwilling to take a moral advantage. He's a real factory owner, not a philanthropist, but at least we know now that he's not the bloody, unscrupulous person that people despise.
From that sentence "I 'll be home to dress", I knew that Mr. Thornton had fallen completely. Knowing his son Mo Ruomu, Mrs. Thornton was sensitively aware of the situation and teased his son about the necessity of changing his clothes. Thornton smiled at his mother without asking himself, "I'm in no danger from Miss Hale", haha, doesn't this brother know that language is sometimes used to cover up feelings that are about to be gushed out? Apparently the shrewd mother did not believe in the unconscious cover-up of her son's pediatrics.
Every time Thornton walks 2 miles to Hale's house for class (from the novel), or to discuss and chat with Mr. Hale. From this scene in the movie, we know that he is rain or shine, even if there is lightning and thunder. Knock on door, step back, take off hat, wait, smile. At this moment, who would say that he is not a gentleman?
Inside the house, under the candlelight, Mr. Thornton's face was vaguely profiled, but a low, sexy and slightly blurred male voice came: "All motion and energy, but truly a thing of beauty. The classics should be rewritten to include it." That's Thornton, Thornton who had a good talk with Mr. Hale. I thought that Thornton was trying to attract Margaret with his own conversation (he was pleased with himself), but at a glance, his sweetheart fell asleep, so he had to laugh at himself. "I'm afraid we're boring Miss Hale with our enthusiasm for Arkwright". Margaret seemed to sense his rudeness and got up to pour tea for his guests and father, so Mr. Thornton got a chance to watch his sweetheart up close. In fact, he could no longer control his eyes. The candlelight and the newly changed crimson bow tie set off Mr. Thornton's expression a lot softer than in the factory. There is also the slight smile on the corner of the mouth, and the ambiguity of the moment when the teacup is touched by fingers, let us feel his happiness with the man who has grown in love. However, harmony is not always there, and without saying a few words, the heroine begins to attack. But Thornton's reply at this time was quite quiet, not as aggressive as Margaret. The narration of his life experience can not help but let us see the other side of his respect: perseverance, courage to take responsibility, and responsibility for his loved ones. At the end, Thornton stretched out a hand of friendship, ready to shake hands with his sweetheart to release the suspicion, but Margaret turned stubbornly to the side, the hand hanging in the air hesitated for a while, and had to withdraw. At this moment, just looking at Mr. Thornon's hand without looking at his expression, he could feel the helplessness in his heart.
The episode ends with a letter from Margaret to Edith. Margaret describes everything Milton shocked her, voiceover, complemented by Mr.
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