There are only seven episodes in the whole film, and the first time I watched it, I felt obscure and difficult to understand because of its title and background. "parade's end", which is usually translated as "the end of the queue" on the Internet, is difficult to understand without understanding British history and European social customs. After reading it for the second time, I have roughly figured out two meanings: the first level of meaning is the literal meaning, and parade refers to the parade. Meaning, parade refers to the order and principles of society, parade's end means that the old social customs and order before the war have ended, the UK and the entire European continent have bid farewell to the pre-war era, and a new era is coming. The parade's end is like a trigger point that slowly unfolds a picture over time.
Christopher and Sylvia came together from love at first sight, and I have to stress that there is a relationship between them, but the depth of this relationship is unknown. On the surface, Sylvia's pregnancy contributed to the marriage, but in fact Christopher's sense of responsibility as an old-fashioned gentleman is the foundation of this marriage. Therefore, the collapse of the sense of responsibility will inevitably lead to the end of the marriage, because it is obvious that there are no two people. In married life, there are items that add points to this marriage. On the contrary, the discord of interests, the disparity of personalities and even Sylvia's elopement are shaking this fragile marriage again and again, and knocking Christopher's inner moral sense again and again. Their marriage didn't die because of Valentine's appearance, but out of the heart's desire to love but can't get it.
No matter how chaotic before marriage, Sylvia after marriage is a woman who needs her husband to be with her to sleep peacefully when she goes home every night. What she needs is her husband's heartfelt love, not a nominal marriage built on an empty shell, or even an elopement. This kind of childish thing is just to stimulate the dull husband. The mistake of running away, Sylvia made a huge transformation, but this transformation pushed her into a deeper despair, this despair, deeply engraved in every hair, every inch of her body, those beautiful Her hair in a bun, her delicate makeup, and her gorgeous clothes eventually became more lonely and dejected because she couldn't get her husband's love. What about Christopher? If he really did anything for the marriage, it was one thing: patience. I've always wondered, why did Christopher pick up the broken mirror in the carriage where Sylvia first met after eloping? He hated himself so much that he couldn't control his wife, but he was helpless after his wife came back; he was repeatedly humiliated in this unfaithful marriage, but he didn't really do anything to save himself and his family; he thought he was maintaining the image of a gentleman everywhere, In the end, it was smashed by reality. His father was humiliated and committed suicide, and he himself was penniless. On the screen, war can take away everything, including this unbearable past, but in the real world, how can every flesh and blood person forget this life completely, when he looks back suddenly, How to redeem oneself and save one's own soul?
If this parade spirit cannot give people real freedom, then it will bound people's hands and feet, and finally make people lose everything.
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