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live like sunshine
Jacinthe 2022-03-24 09:03:50
A good movie for me is what I can learn from it. I've always enjoyed watching the wisdom of a man or a woman arguing with each other. Becky is a wise woman. In order to meet a man who is very good at playing with true love, even if he is just a tutor with no money and no status, the concept of hierarchy in the UK is very clear. And Becky didn't feel inferior because of that. Every day is full of energy, every frown and smile is full of vitality, and the other person unconsciously wants to get close. As if close to the sun. What I didn't expect was that in the ending part, she actually became a woman of the dust, which should not be the case with her beauty and wisdom. Perhaps it was the betrayal in love that greatly frustrated her high-spirited attitude. The true meaning of life lies in loving and being loved, and when Lawton breaks in, it ends.
Extended Reading
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Becky Sharp: Rawdon, wait! WAIT! I'm sorry! You cannot know the journey I have made.
Rawdon Crawley: I should. I traveled it with you.
Becky Sharp: Not from the beginning. Rawdon, in my way, I have love you.
Rawdon Crawley: Then that has been your misfortune.
Rawdon Crawley: [pauses]
Rawdon Crawley: Goodbye Rebecca.
[leaves]
Becky Sharp: [screams in despair]
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George Osborne: [as Becky plays a piano forte] So, Miss Sharp. How do you like your new place?
Becky Sharp: My place? How kind of you to remind me. It's quite tolerable, thank you. And they treat me very well. But then, this is a gentleman's family... and quite a change from tradespeople.
George Osborne: You seemed to like tradespeople well enough last year.
Becky Sharp: Joseph Sedley, you mean? It's true. If he'd ask me, I would not have said no.
George Osborne: How very obliging of you.
Becky Sharp: I know what you're thinking. What an honor to have had you for a brother in-law. Captain George Osborne, son of John Osborne, Esquire, son of... what was your grandfather?
[George remains silent and stern]
Becky Sharp: Never mind. You cannot help your pedigree.