Christopher is a person who knows what to do but can't live in the moment. His principles and adherence to conventions are often regarded as pedantic by his wife, but they are indeed pedantic. The most essential reason is actually that he doesn't love her. For him, the motivation for making many decisions is simply "fear of trouble", and would rather endure an uncomfortable life than cause trouble. It is his principle that more things are worse than less things. He would rather be silent than explain, and would rather misunderstand. In fact, he doesn't care. The most impressive thing is that in the end he threw the log into the fireplace and burned it. That tree is actually Christopher's strongest concern for this family. When he saw his brother throw the wood into the fireplace, he may have begun to waver to those who once stood firm. In the end, igniting the wood is a kind of relief for oneself, the abandonment of the past patience and silence, abide by the rules and regulations.
Maybe every man needs a woman to ignite. If the woman who accompanies his life is not that one, he will be unable and unfortunate in his life. Finally, the three of them met on the stairs. Following Valentine's questioning of Sylvia, Christopher finally uttered the first sentence of dissatisfaction with Sylvia. Finally, Sylvia withdrew. In fact, all Sylvia had been waiting for was his reaction. Because indifference is the cruelest punishment, as she said herself, his tolerance for her with no mercy. All this is not due to how deep marital love, just because of Christopher's adherence to the moral code. Everything is only to be done, not to be willing to do.
I have to admit that Sylvia is the most tragic character in the whole show. Anyone who tries to control or subdue others must ultimately be tragic. The relationship between people should never be aimed at tameness. Sylvia always thinks that she is smart enough and beautiful enough to tame any man, but her husband is an elm knot and doesn't understand amorous feelings. There should also be those rules of etiquette in her subconscious. Even if she behaves erratically and speaks rudely, she is willing to obey her husband's words and do her husband's requirements, and keep herself clean and not mess around, and make efforts to try to save the marriage. But I believe her motives for doing these things are contradictory. On the one hand, it is a subconscious discipline, and on the other hand, she feels that she cannot tame this man's dissatisfaction. In fact, the fundamental reason is that he and she are not the same people, and he will never fall in love with her.
Finally, I want to talk about Edith, I think she is the most bitch in the whole show. Perhaps this is also related to her once having a mentally ill husband, which created such a perverted and irreversible character. This is definitely a pure bitch that is selfish and has no principle by using people to face the front and not to cross the river and demolish the bridge backwards.
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