I really like to see the way the heroine Becky writes ambition all over her face. It reminds me of Hao Sijia, the heroine of "Gone with the Wind", who is a wild rose born in the wilderness, strong, confident and flamboyant. But the two are different in the end. Becky is still a little woman after all, not as ambitious as Scarlett Hao, nor as selfish as Scarlett Hao. Her ideal is to get out of poverty and enter the upper class. It is precisely because of this harmless little ambition that her strength and optimism make her cute in the eyes of the audience.
But in the eyes of some people, such a woman who has no power and power, can't go out and can't support her ambition, has become a prey.
Unbeknownst to Becky, there was a pair of eyes watching her life, and her ambitions appeared naked in his eyes. He watched her flourishing in the upper-class social circles, watched her life become increasingly difficult, watched her struggling to maintain a strong family but then caught him at the right time.
The Earl is a very interesting man, as can be seen from what he said to Becky:
"The advantage of being born in the upper class is that he can see early what kind of vulgar puppet show this is." "Do you remember the kid who asked for a high price? Before he was willing to sell it?"
Becky said: 'Not high enough'
"The problem is, Mrs Crawley, you've already taken the money, and it's too late to haggle."
He paid Becky's rent, sent her child to an aristocratic school, took her to dances, opened the doors that high society had closed for her, and made her talents shine.
But, as he put it, "I never forget anything, like the money you owe me."
Becky should have understood this long ago, but by the time she did, it was too late.
There are very few shots of the Earl. At the beginning, he bought a painting of Becky's father. The two met for the first time. In the middle, Becky's fate changed a few times. The shots given to him were only a few clips. These interesting conversations.
I once thought that the Earl was Reid and would be Becky's final destination, but it later proved the naivety of this little girl. Bai Ruide admired Hao Sijia, and the two were equally in love. And what Becky meant to the Count was just a body that could use her ambition to satisfy her desires, not her, but also other ambitious little white rabbits.
I think the Count must have understood that there must be more to life in high society than that.
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