Let me tell you a few places that I poked more thoroughly.
There is a scene at the end of the film where Otway lays the purses of his friends on the ground along with a letter he wrote to his late wife, and the little poem that runs through the play also reappears at this time. The difference is that the previous sentence "on the battlefield for the last time" has become "on the battlefield again" this time. This is where the theme of the film emerges. "Once again" itself reveals hope. Without the pessimism and determination of the "last time", I am here again, with hope and strength. Even if I lose the battle, it is not necessarily death. Where there is goal and hope is my battlefield. For Otway, the wallet and the letter are all his goals and hopes at this moment. The letter to his late wife represented what he had fought for, and the purse to be handed over to the loved ones of the victims gave him the strength to take to the battlefield again. Such a symbolic scene becomes the finishing touch of the film. Life is not a one-size-fits-all battle. There is never a lack of hope in life, and there is always a goal worth taking to the battlefield for again. In fact, living itself is a kind of hope.
However, this is actually not such a grand proposition. Obviously, this film is not a masterpiece, but death itself has enough impact to carry a theme that is not grand, which will make it slightly thin.
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