The rational sister finally bravely chased the love in her heart, and the emotionally supreme sister rationally married the person who loved her, and these two loves had a perfect ending.
Is love rational or emotionally exclusive? What made them change their original attitude in the pursuit of love?
In 1995, directed by Chinese director Ang Lee, Jane Austen's novel of the same name romance film "Sense and Sensibility" was released in California, this film, through the two distinct attitudes of sister Eleanor and sister Marianne on the road of love, in the delicate emotional outpouring, solved the problem of how love chooses between reason and emotion, and became the love textbook for countless women.
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The love story of Eleanor and Marianne begins with the death of their father, Henry Sr.
Eleanor and Marianne's mother was the father's second wife, yet the mother bore only three daughters and no sons. According to the distribution of inheritance in 18th-century England, daughters were not eligible for inheritance. As a result, Henry the Elder gave his ex-wife's son, Mr. and Mrs. John, and what was left to Eleanor was the living security that john and his wife were constantly reducing.
Unsurprisingly, Eleanor was also not eligible to live on Henry Sr.'s estate, and they were about to move out of the manor under the supervision of Mr. and Mrs. John.
Dissatisfied, but helpless. Eleanor's mother was overwhelmed by all this, but the calm Elinor calmly handled the matter. Eleanor told her mother that they should live here and wait until they find a suitable place to live before moving out.
Fate is wonderful, if they had moved out of the manor long ago, Eleanor would not have met her love.
During a meal, John's wife told the Eleanors that her brother Edward was coming to the manor in the near future. It was thought that Edward's arrival would make Elinor's situation more difficult, but this was not the case.
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Edward was a gracious but unexpressive gentleman, which was Eleanor's first impression of Edward. Young men and women always chat together, and Eleanor and Edward are no exception.
Slowly, Elinor learned from Edward that Edward had an ideal of wanting to be a priest, wanting to do good in the countryside, and wanting to live a peaceful life. These were completely different from Edward's sister, John's wife.
In the conversation with Edward, Elinor developed a fondness for Edward, and for Eleanor, who valued character and cultivation, Edward was the person she liked. However, reason is telling Eleanor that she and Edward are in a very different position and cannot have a future.
Reason has always been at its supremacy here in Eleanor.
Eleanor was restraining her emotions, she had not shown her love to Edward, but love could not hide from everyone. The mother saw the ambiguity between the two, and the sister had talked to Elinor about Edward, but Elinor denied it.
Even if Edward had left the manor, Eleanor had never expressed her reluctance or love for Edward, she had only put her love for Edward in her heart and locked it with the key of reason.
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Compared with the emotional restraint of her sister Eleanor, her sister Marianne is desperate to pursue love.
Once, Marianne went out in the heavy rain, and in the heavy rain Marianne's foot was injured. At this time, she met Willoughby and has been out of control ever since.
Unlike Elinor, Marianne has no scruples about expressing her love for Willoughby, and if Elinor's love is obscure, then Marianne's love is passionate and unrestrained.
In this way, Marianne disregarded the eyes of others, did not consider status, and threw herself into love. Unexpectedly, Willoughby, who gave everything for Marianne, did not give Marianne really.
Willoughby is an unreliable person, but under Willoughby's rhetoric, Marianne is only concerned about emotions and is completely unaware of all this.
At a banquet, Marianne saw Willoughby's blindness and saw Willoughby with Miss Rich.
Marianne was abandoned, and marianne, who was emotionally supreme, completely failed in the face of love. She was heartbroken, and she was sick for a long time.
Perhaps, in contrast to her sister's hidden love, Marianne's crazy fascination with emotions hurt herself. But isn't It hurt for Eleanor to think horribly about love?
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Also at that banquet, Eleanor learned from a man named Lucy that Edward had already been privately dating Lucy for life. This news deeply stung Eleanor's heart, and Eleanor, lost love. Despite this, Eleanor remained calm and buried the secret in his heart.
At this moment, Eleanor loved it, but she was not as miserable as her sister. Perhaps, it was her reason that saved her, but it is also possible that she is just a person who suffers.
In the film, Eleanor cries, just as Edward comes to tell her that he is not married to Lucy and that he is still in love with Eleanor. Eleanor finally cried, not bitterly when Edward left the manor, nor sadly when she was told that Edward had been privately destined for life, but weeping with joy when Edward told her that he loved her.
If Edward hadn't turned around and told Eleanor, then Eleanor might have buried this love in his heart so much that even Edward didn't know what Eleanor was thinking.
Fortunately, Eleanor, finally bravely faced Edward, bravely pursuing the love of his heart.
As for Marianne, in a lost love, she also saw love clearly, and understood that blind love will only hurt herself more. She learned to treat love rationally in the bold pursuit of love. Later, Marianne also gained a sincere love.
In fact, love needs to be rational and also needs sensibility. Reason is not blindly restraining love; sensibility cannot always be blindly loved.