--Fenedick, "Nothing to Worry About" W.Shakespeare
's Casanova-esque opening line here is really indifferent. But that's what I wrote for you. Who guarantees you won't be a "married Phoenix"? The way men treat love is inevitably reflected in their attitude towards women. Historically, women have presumably been seen as the embodiment of sensuality and beauty. Of course, this point needs to be discussed separately from the East and the West. Men in the West often make no secret of their contempt for women, but he also does not hesitate to express his surrender to women. If the former is classified as self-interested and short-sighted, while the latter is driven by sexual desire, the contradiction between the two is again. It can reflect the hypocrisy of their "principles", and adding it all up, it's probably not so exciting to have a few of these creatures crawling around their skirts.
As for men in the East (I am either more mean, or a little more tolerant), in ancient times, some famous people probably regarded the existence of women as women as something unseemly, so the world thought they were all gentlemen or gentlemen. Complete impotence, this book can't be verified, just as we can't verify what happened that night Liu Xiahui. Mr. Lin Yutang praised Tao Qian, one of the greatest hypocrites, as a model of men, saying: "A true philosopher can appreciate the charm of women without being vulgar." From this standpoint, this kind of life may be really interesting, but after all, Mr. Lin Yutang is also a man, and it is only natural for a man to say something like that for a man.
So I don't use the words and actions of men as my example. If this article is just an afterthought, then I can easily say that both works are written by women with normal sexual orientation, and both are pure and skilled romance novels. The so-called romance, no matter it is a classic or a best-selling one, as long as there is no grand background, it will inevitably be regarded as petite by the academic school. And once a work is pushed to the top of the wave by public opinion, the academics have to lower their stance and make a big fuss about the details of the work. In general, it is nothing more than a return to the "XX generation" and "XXism". ", "XX genre" category. Although not unreasonable, it is inevitable that people will lose interest.
This is all gossip. All I want to say is that these are two stories about women, and we will not mention the male component for the time being.
About Persuasion.
It is often said that no woman can reject Austen's work, and I have no intention of making any further modest contribution to the validity of this proposition. People generally dislike "Persuasion" because its plot is unrealistic and emotionally too realistic, presumably a consequence of Austin's reluctance to break with his usual comedic ending, which is often considered too abrupt. Another reason is that, as a romance novel, the hero Fredrick Wentworth is not very popular, far less than the famous Mr.Darcy, and even some distance from Mr.Knightley. He is arrogant, narrow-minded, macho, lacking due manner and self-willed, and his only virtue is that he falls in love with the heroine Anne Elliott and "maintains unintentional loyalty". Austen himself admits that family origin can be a good quality, because it means upbringing, bearing, and that detached, absent-minded attitude that is especially attractive to women, Wentworth, whose family background is ordinary and who made his fortune in the war, is obviously absent. this column. And Miss Elliott is also unusual in the first five Miss Austen to become the daughter of the only baronet. After five tales of Prince and Cinderella in a row, Austen completed her final work in the form of Princess and Aladdin.
Having said that, the princess has passed away, Aladdin has returned home, and there are still several Cinderellas around, and even the old master has a prince by his side. Its structure is really comparable to Korean dramas two hundred years later, but the central context is Quite clear and true, as a literary work, its delicate and timeless inner monologue is indeed worth savoring. Compared with the climax of the two's love recovery in the following text, people generally think that the desolation, despair and forbearance of Anne's inner description before are obviously more serious. To shine.
But do you believe it? Such a story goes. After closing the page, we can't help but ask the last sentence: "What do the prince and princess mean by 'living happily together'?" A reader once commented on this book: "When the soul is ready to mate, the body Be prepared to face the problems they will endure, not only, but also insatiable sexual desires." A romance that had been waiting for eight years was finally torn apart mercilessly. This cannot be blamed for the cruelty of the reader, because this is the cruelty of Austin. But her cruelty was used to set off love, and her cruelty was enough to give her the title of "realism", but her cruelty was not enough to convince herself to go against her will as Jane Austen—the people she writes will experience Some ordeals finally get their "deserved" ending. Because of this, we never have to worry as we read, it's an Austen-esque ending.
The heroine of the story, Anne, is talented, forbearance and rationality. Time has worn away her love for Wentworth, but it is difficult to erase his benchmarking existence. "No one she's seen since then can match him." When she said goodbye, she had no choice but to love him, although it was hard to say that it had nothing to do with it other than love. She said she shouldn't have hope, she wished he hadn't forgotten; she watched him flirt with Miss Mosgrove as if nothing had happened, but had to think that neither of them was worthy of him; she loved him , as someone she had loved and worthy of love, and as a hope that she would not die alone. When love and life are mixed with the helplessness of dignity, feelings are often like mixed wine in people's hearts. She loved him, she was still outstanding, so outstanding that even Wentworth, who was so confident and had actually forgotten her, couldn't resist again. (Incidentally, neither of the two films clearly reflected this, Wentworth said to Annie at the end of the 95 version: I always wanted to forget you, really. As for the 07 version, it shows Winter from beginning to end. Voss hasn't lost his love for Ann.) I'm leaning towards the original at this point. He admits that he fell in love with her again, rather than being consistent, that his loyalty to her was unintentional. (Austin’s move shows the heroine’s charisma and enhances the male protagonist’s favorability by the way. This so-called kills two birds with one stone.) If there is what Plato calls “a person who is cut in half at birth” In other words, it must be like these two people. And whether this purely Baratian attraction is still effective in real life, I don't know. There is only one point, such a love that is not very complete before marriage is at least better than a pair of jade-carved jade lovers who find out that everything is wrong after suffering for years.
If they are happy, perhaps it is because of this not very pure love. Her love for him also came from her desire to escape from her family and her foreseeable fate; his love for her came from her stubbornness for what she did not get, and it was because of time that they were so cautious and thus more thrilling. .
Back to the central contradiction of the story, the title of the book - persuasion. Because of caution, young Miss Ann Elliott followed Madame LaSalle's suggestion and cancelled her engagement with the naval officer, which led to the story eight years later. Caution and enthusiasm are the central contradictions of this book. In "Sense and Sensibility," Austen's scales are clearly in favor of the former, while in "Persuasion," the heroine is mired in the same caution, perhaps more in line with Austen's state at the time: the aging writer begins to reflect Her own youth, her love tragedy. She rewrote the ending with Austenian, and certainly Ann Elliott, wisdom. The story is about a woman's war, and the man is nothing but a prop, or an honor.
"Love in a Fallen City" was something I read earlier.
Chinese people have sophistication in their bones, which Eileen Chang never shy away from and has been giving full play to. "Love in a Fallen City" is one of her relatively early works, when she still had the kindness of a little girl. Therefore, a momentary soft-hearted Eileen Chang is worth an extremely cruel Austin, and we can't expect Bai Liusu to be so similar to Ann Elliott. However, in my opinion, Bai Liusu just expressed Miss Elliott's subtext, those selfish intentions that are not humane.
"If it is said that she is only impressed by Fan Liuyuan's demeanor and charm, that is another point; however, there is also family pressure - the most painful element."
The little man and little woman in the story, Pretending and understanding the other party's pretentiousness, and also knowing that he has been explored by the other party, but still immersed in it and enjoying himself, this is probably the so-called entertainment. Under the tenderness and sweetness, it is clear that the cold and smiling swords face each other. The Chinese have used the techniques of marching and using troops and seeking power to accumulate wealth so widely that they permeate every moment of civilian life. But in any love story, it is the shrewd person who becomes confused. However, the shrewd person's confusion is always temporary, and there is no need to say it later. We know: "Fan Liuyuan is no longer joking with her. He left his one-liners to tell the women next to him. Tassel is very fortunate, because this is the embodiment of him completely treating her as his own family, but there are some Disappointed."
Zhang Ailing probably doesn't like to lie, and this sex is really not very endearing. She said that when a man fully understands a woman, he won't love her anymore, and vice versa? She sees too clearly when it comes to matters between men and women. It is inevitable to look down upon it clearly. But even if she looked down on her, she was still a woman, a poet, and she was always loved. Men are different. When a woman fully understands a man, she will not dare to love. Even if she dares, how can she be?
If we can't let go of the air, we can't get along. Maybe this is the center of countless love stories between men and women. When both parties are submissive, both parties are dumbfounded, and the heat is up, we will inevitably have another vulgar story to kick off.
Compared with Miss Elliott, Tassel is probably a little more unfortunate. She knows that Fan Liuyuan understands her, but it doesn't necessarily mean that she loves her because she understands her. When a person knows that what you are proud of is not what he admires, but what you despise is what he looks forward to, the relationship can no longer have real meaning. All the efforts are only to cater to the love of the person you love. So far, what is love? But how many men and women in the world are not like that. Maybe after a few years, when the passion has cooled, we still have a little sincerity in each other, and it is our luck that we can survive this day.
Tassel doesn't care what Fan Liuyuan loves her, because she is powerless to question. He loves her, he is willing to marry her, and she can give her body and mind just by this. In those days, a woman's love was practical and simple. In any case, the times cannot wait for them to hesitate. No matter whether it is a city or a country, after all, it is a frivolous lack of confidence, doing a pointless struggle.
It stands to reason that the main text has ended here, and I will not rant any more. However, love is always endless, because it lacks reason. Humans have too few rational lines and too many emotions. No matter how logical equations are applied, there is no correct solution. I can tell you that there is another reason why I admire "Persuasion" so much: Rupert Penry-Jones, the uncle who plays Captain Fredrick Wentworth in the 2007 BBC movie, is really irresistible, you say, because a man's handsome , smile and demeanor become infatuated with it, what does this have to do with reason? Women are sometimes just like men.
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