When a person without love lives in an environment of vanity, he can be satisfied, but once there is love, everything that was original will become vulgar.
Love at first sight begins with appearance
Armand first met Margaret at the door of the store. On that day, Margaret got out of an open-top four-wheeled carriage, wearing a long white tulle dress with lace, an Italian straw hat, and an Indian scarf over her shoulders. Love at first sight is Armand's best description of Margaret's feelings.
Love at first sight, go deeper.
Armand did not know that Margaret was a prostitute when he first met her. Margaret came from a poor background, and after coming to Paris, she began a career of selling jokes.
Because whenever the theater first performed, Margaret always carried a pair of telescopes, a bag of preserves and a bouquet of camellias on the front rail of the ground floor box, except for the camellia, no one had ever seen her bring other flowers, so she was called "Traviata".
As the book says,
"Although she lived a life of indulgence as a drunken fan, there was still an innocence in her heart that had not been lost."
She always attracted countless suitors. But she soberly realized that those people did not really love her, and the indulgence of the paper drunk and the huge debt also made Margaret feel helpless.
After a recommendation from a friend, Armand met Margaret, but Armand's clumsiness at the time drew Margaret's ridicule.
Armand was angry, felt that he had misread this woman, and decided never to see her again.
Soon after, Margaret fell ill after contracting lung disease herself and living a life of indulgence. During her convalescence, no one came to visit her after three weeks, but since Armand had been thinking of Margaret, only he had been inquiring about Margaret's condition.
Armand naively thought he could forget Margaret, but he didn't know that the earth was round, and it would make the missed meet again.
Love begins with two loves and ends with worldly views
Two years later, Margaret returned to Paris. Accompanying her was an old duke who offered her all financial help, and even then Margaret might as well secretly date other men, such as Count De G, who had provided for her, and Count N, who had been pursuing her.
At the invitation of a friend, Armand and Margaret meet again.
At the party, Margaret suffered a lung attack and left the table in a hurry. The people present paid no attention to this, only Armand anxiously went to see Margaret.
In fact, at first, Margaret did not trust Armand very much, but when she learned that during her illness, it was Armand who had been inquiring about her condition, and Margaret changed her indifferent attitude towards him.
Armand took the opportunity to confess affectionately to Margaret, saying that he would always be by her side.
Knowing that she was not long gone, Margaret knew the importance of living in the moment, and she knew that there would be many obstacles in the relationship, but she accepted Armand's confession that Armand was the person she had been waiting for. The one who knows how to "trust, obey, be careful."
At the beginning of the relationship, Armand was indeed the one who brought Margaret happiness. He tolerates Margaret's willfulness and will also say sweet and sweet love to her.
In the hustle and bustle of the countryside, far from the hustle and bustle of Paris, they lived a quiet and comfortable life.
But after a short period of calm, the harsh test of reality comes to the fore.
Until then, Margaret's life had been financially assisted by the Duke, and upon learning of Margaret's affair, the Duke refused to help Margaret again. Losing financial support, Margaret sold her carriage, jewelry, and clothing to survive and pay off her debts. She did not tell Armand that she also refused Armand's help.
Later, after Armand's father, Duval the Elder, learned of the relationship, Margaret's beautiful love dreams were completely shattered.
Margaret thinks armand really loves herself, and Armand prides herself on being in love, but she doesn't know that deep down she never trusts Marguerite and doesn't think she'll be single-minded with her.
We have long forgotten that there are two people in this world, with independent souls, no one can be one with anyone, and once there is a gap in love, all kinds of material and spiritual winds will easily blow away the clenched left and right hands.
With such an arrangement of fate, we cannot escape after all
After acceding to the request made by Armand's father, Duval the Elder, Margaret silently endured all the pain and grievances, wrote a farewell letter, and returned to her original life.
Back in the lights of life, she was more indulgent than before, in order to numb herself. But even so, the desire for love made her miss Armand day and night.
It was a pity to wait day after day, in exchange for not Armand's love for her but hatred for her, revenge for her. He deliberately seeks Margaret's best friend as a mistress, humiliating her and irritating her everywhere.
Margaret endured all this in silence, and finally, under the torment of her body and mind, she could not afford to be sick.
At the time of her death, she recorded the reasons behind all this in the form of a letter. She missed Armand day and night, looking forward to seeing her one last time, but he never came. Margaret left the world of pain forever with regret and longing.
Margaret's life was forever fixed at the age of 23 for a love that was not favored by the world.
Before he was born, he was talked about by people, and after his death, no one cared about it, and the prosperity of the past faded, and the clouds and smoke became a thing of the past.
At the end of the story, armand regrets after reading Margaret's letter, but Margaret never sees it again. For the rest of his life, All Armand was left with was endless repentance.
Finally want to say something
I like a quote from the book:
"When a person without love lives in an environment of vanity, he can be satisfied, but once he has love, everything that was original becomes vulgar."
Margaret's soul is holy, and even though there are thorns in the road of love, she has not lost her dignity after all.
We celebrate Margaret's noble love, but at the same time hope that Armand and Margaret love does not happen in real life.
God never takes sides and paves a flat path of light to happiness for one side. We can only stumble all the way, lose some and gain some along the way.
All encounters in life are just a passing passer-by. Man, ben, is lonely.
The more self-aware and calm a person is, the more he can have a happy love.
*Caption | Unsplash with picture | Stills from La Traviata, web