robert angier should say julia's death hit him too hard. In the past, he always had a smiling face during his apprenticeship and was full of hope in life. It was precisely because he lost the person he loved most that he fell into the "magic way" and couldn't extricate himself. When he was spying on his opponent's secrets, he saw his family happy again, which further aroused the negative things in his heart. So even if john pointed out that the secret of teleportation is nothing but a double, he turned a blind eye under the hatred, so that he embarked on a road of no return: assign olivia to go undercover, get the other party's diary (actually the other party's trap), search for tesla, get a copy machine, and keep killing yourself to attract the other party into the urn. If julia's death was Borden's unintentional loss, then Angier was a deliberate revenge, which led to the two people's grievances getting deeper and deeper, until the tragic ending.
alfred borden/fallon really thought he had schizophrenia at first, until fallon appeared more and more times, the magic of teleportation, and the addition of olivia, then he realized that it was twins. Borden is more talented than Angier. This is what he told the audience very early. He dares to innovate and has a spirit of adventure. The most important thing is that he understands a truth. Magic requires sacrifice, and he can do it. He makes two souls. Living in a body, even the closest wife strictly keeps it a secret. Angier once accused Borden of not knowing what kind of knot he was tying. I thought it was Borden evading his responsibility, but then I understood, because these are two people, even if they live under a mask, the momentary thoughts are fundamental It cannot be passed on to another person. It is in the contradiction of forcibly turning two people into one person, coupled with the constant provocation of the opponent, Borden has become more cruel.
john cutter a prop division. Compared with the two protagonists, he is both the person who thread the needle and the most sober person. Angier and Borden's understanding of magic is the feeling of being trapped in it, but John has long been out of it. At the beginning, he stood on Angier's side, and he had a lot of sympathy. At the same time, he always advised Angier not to be obsessed with revenge. But when Angier was extremely crazy and proposed to go to the United States, he finally found that he could not be dissuaded, so he chose to part ways. In the end, when he learned of Angier's secret, he accidentally became an accomplice again, and he regretted it very much. I think fallon/borden can kill Angier in the end, it should be John's help. Throughout the story, he is a balanced figure.
Several other characters are quite supporting roles, and can even be ignored as extras. These three people in this play are enough to hold up the scene.
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