I love Austen's stories, and I profess to love the author, but I've only read a third of her books—Pride and Prejudice and Emma more than six times each. Austin never married, but he created Mr. Darcy, the dream lover of girls all over the world. To me, Mr. Darcy is beautiful, and Mr. Knightley is worth a lifetime of exploration.
Eleanor, Marianne, Edward, Brandon. The role of twins and doubles is nothing new in Elizabeth, Jane, Darcy, and Bentley. It's just that "Sense and Sensibility" made me feel more of an unprecedented gratification. The appearance of the two BBC heroines is more convincing than Emma Simpson and Kate Winslet - a pair of down-and-out sisters, one who is in good order and one who is confident.
Why is Austin so influential? It should be that the theme of marriage and love she chose has attracted everyone's attention and is enduring. In addition, the stories in the subject matter are full of wisdom, reflecting reality and pointing to ideals - in other words, as the housekeeper of the eldest brother Henry in Miss Austen Regrets said, this female writer knows love better than everyone in the world.
I want to say a little bit about how the main character feels.
Eleanor. I think we've met the eldest ladies in the story, especially those with younger sisters, and those common traits are probably familiar to me. Eleanor's image is not outstanding, probably only the word "reasonable" is the most suitable description. An eldest daughter who is doing everything right, comforting her mother without sadness after her father's death, being able to stay awake even when she is in love, and moving to a small farmhouse with ease. It's not that she's unconscious, she's just aware of the benefits of intimacy. Eleanor had a knack for fine art and was the kind of calm painter.
marian. The spokesperson of "emotion", when he was seventeen years old, he longed for a romantic love that lasted forever. There are many definitions of romance. She admits from the beginning that Colonel Brandon does not forget the romance of her first love, and she is hurt by Willoughby as she pleases. To appreciate the world through emotion, she has suffered. Fortunately, after the storm, she could still play that emotional piano, and the Colonel's love was still there.
Writing here, I suddenly feel that it is not unreasonable for Austin to be said to be the person who knows love best. After all, she is not only able to shape heroines with different personalities, but also familiar with men. From all kinds of scumbags to dream lovers, she is convincingly portrayed.
Having met Mr Darcy and Mr Knightley, would I still like Edward and Brandon?
Edward and Lucy got engaged privately four years ago. Edward and Eleanor fell in love at first sight four years later. When I didn't know about this engagement, I always hated his cowardice - he liked it but didn't express it, even if the woman's intentions were clear. The discussion at Norton Manor, the little book that was given away after parting, and the visit after a long time of separation all made people feel a kind of cowardly depression. His handsome appearance was melancholy and sentimental. For a time, compared to Willoughby's "brave" and directness, Edward's image may dim in the hearts of innocent girls. In the eyes of most people, he should be the eldest son of a big family who is free and unrestrained, with no ambitions and not very arty. Austin said, "You can't get married without love." At the end of the story, he "penniless" begged Eleanor's forgiveness and entrustment. And Eleanor did not have a moment of hypocrisy and conceit, she chose love.
I suddenly felt that Austin was a very conscientious writer. She made a Mr. Darcy, but more "Edward". Most men in the world are not worth giving up everything for him. It is likely that we are not lucky enough to win Mr. Darcy's love, but we were able to meet "Edward", understand his unspeakable difficulties, and give him precious relief. Looking at the whole story, I found that Edward has no very obvious advantages or even characteristics (of course, the skin is 100% better). But he kept his promise, and even if he loved deeply, he would try not to provoke innocent women. On the other hand, his fiancee's love was transferred with the inheritance, which should be the best reward for him.
There may not be much to say about the role of the colonel. A man's deep affection is not forgotten, but he can't do anything. His preciousness is that he can give the necessary support in action and be Marianne's strong backing. There is nothing in the world that "everyone you love from now on is like you". The existence of the colonel may be a reminder to the majority of male compatriots that they are not sincere in what they say and do something powerful to be considered a man. And the mature Marianne also conveyed what the majority of female compatriots should keep in mind - what a man does is important.
In fact, whether it is a man or a woman, it is very easy to like a fixed type of the opposite sex. But there is no need for us to advertise ourselves as "once in a difficult situation" and "everything after that is like you". Whoever falls in love is whoever. Don't be arrogant and conceited. We are not perfect.
For myself, in addition to re-remembering Austin's motto "The world is a comedy with reason and a tragedy with emotion", I also saw that behind the happy ending is Eleanor's forbearance and Marianne. introspection. In the end, Eleanor married Edward, more because of emotion. Marian's marriage to the colonel was more rational. I shouldn't be pity or shirk responsibility. No matter if the next one is Edward or the colonel, he never forgets his reason when he is emotional, and he also listens to his intuition when he is sober. I am no longer afraid that the journey will not be straight. Because we are all not perfect. And we would be given the best endings.
Indeed we are not perfect, and we've already been given the best endings.
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