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noble soul
Eliane 2022-03-26 09:01:12
A woman who was born in a poor family but always has a noble heart, a stubborn woman who has her own insistence and is not bound by worldly vision, a humble and cowardly woman, a woman who has been favored by fate but ruthlessly abandoned by fate. , originally thought that the end of hardship was the ultimate hope, but the result was a tragic ending. It is this unconventional film structure that just makes the audience fall into endless contemplation. (I admire Polanski's character characterization very much. It is such a unity of beauty and complexity, nobility and contradiction that makes Tess's character more flesh and blood, and the perfect story is mediocre, which is too pleasing to the audience. Appetite also means lack of a certain authenticity.) Tess, such an ordinary woman who is not willing to be mediocre, certainly has her noble side. At times, when she was still harvesting rice, or when she and her friends were digging up muddy lumps of food from the ground, her cheeks were still clean, her clothes were still decent, and her hair was not messy at all. This has a completely different temperament from ordinary women at first glance, and it also makes her naturally attractive to men. Although she is a woman who dares to fight against fate, and also has a very admirable courage, she often makes decisions that she regrets at the fork in the fate. For example, since she chose to leave Alek, she committed herself to him out of gratitude, and then because of her father's death, her family was poor, Alek pursued the time again, and agreed to stay with him. Gotta be embarrassed. Also, she promised Angel that she would wait for him to change his mind, but she broke her promise due to the predicament. Of course, in the end, for her so-called noble love (to stay with the one she loves forever), she personally killed her benefactor and enemy, Alek. You can say that creatures make people, but I think her final ending can also be said to be a kind of inevitability, not only caused by the tragic social environment, but also related to her tragic character. If you love, please love without any doubt; if not, please let go and leave decisively.
Extended Reading
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Tess: Do you think we shall meet again after death?
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Tess: I'm afraid, Angel. I'm afraid.