pure and sad love

Emma 2022-11-17 16:59:44

When he met this beautiful young man whose appearance was like a Greek sculpture, the artist's uncle's wisdom, truth, and human dignity were all gone. Even if he knew the plague was rampant, he didn't leave, just to stand aside and look at the beautiful boy more. In the eyes of the uncle, the physical beauty and art of the beautiful boy have been combined into one, and they have reached the extreme together, pure and beautiful. But touching his lips, dry and wrinkled. So he had to use the beautician's craftsmanship to dye his white hair black, paint his eyebrows, and put on lipstick. All these scenes were tragic and indescribable. Dressed as a freak, he followed behind the beautiful boy, staggering down the streets of Venice shrouded in plague. At this time, he was terminally ill, but he still did not give up any opportunity to appreciate the beautiful young man. In the end, he died of heart failure on a beach, looking at the beautiful young man's beautiful back... From the beginning to the end, they did not say a word, Love is sad and deep...

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Death in Venice quotes

  • Travel Agent: You would be very well advised to leave today, sir. Don't wait til tomorrow.

  • Gustav von Aschenbach: Madame, will you permit an entire stranger, to serve you with a word of advice and warning, which self-interests prevents others from saying. Go away! Go away, immediately. Don't delay. Please, I beg you.