La Traviata: Such love is completely overrated

Love is sacrifice? Wake up, girl, you are either love or a masochistic self-touch.

As the first foreign masterpiece to be translated into China, "La Traviata" tells us the love story of a woman and a lawyer. Why does the love of margaret, the dust woman, make countless readers cry? But in fact, it cannot be called love.

Ben was a country woman, but with her extraordinary beauty, Margaret became a courtesan sought after by French high society. Because wearing camellias is one of the standards of her travels, people call her Camellia girl.

Although Margaret lived the luxury she once dreamed of, she suffered from a serious lung disease, and Ji's life accelerated her illness. Medical expenses as well as servants, carriages and horses, costumes and jewelry... As all the "ornaments" that match the status of a high-ranking woman, Margaret costs more than a hundred thousand francs a year, so Margaret is in debt.

Margaret went out on a recuperation when she met a duke who had just lost her daughter, who had died of lung disease. Because the Duke's daughter and Margaret were similar in appearance, Margaret became the Duke's dry daughter. The Duke was willing to pay off her debts, but to limit her freedom, Margaret could not do so, and the Duke was willing to pay her only half of the fee. The Duke's sustenance was a large part of Margaret's financial resources.

Margaret also struggles with multiple wealthy people to cope with her own lives, but she does not fall in love with any of them. Because she knew they didn't love her either. Until Armand appeared, silently concerned about her health, and he would cry because she coughed up blood, Margaret was touched by armand's sincere feelings, because it was a rare true feeling she had encountered in her life.

Margaret gave Armand a camellia flower, representing a promise of heart.

Although Margaret has countless male sons, in the face of true love, she seems inferior, and in order to defend her dignity in love, Margaret gave up her principles.

Margaret had just accepted Armand, and she had said to Armand, "I have long wanted to find a young lover, he wants to be affectionate and not suspicious, to be loved by me without seeking rights."

"If I want to find another lover now, he must have the following three qualities that are difficult for ordinary people to have: trusting me, obeying me, and being cautious in words and deeds."

Armand loved Margaret, the kind of passionate, sincere love, but also paranoid love, with exclusivity and jealousy.

But Margaret only valued Armand's true heart, thinking that as long as he was sincere with himself, then his efforts were worth it.

Therefore, in order to maintain the purity of love, Margaret did not ask Armand for money, did not let Armand be affected by her debts, resolutely gave up her luxurious life, no longer relied on the people who supported her, openly belonged to Armand alone, and went to the countryside with Armand to live a simple life. (The money for renting the house belonged to the Duke, who later learned of Armand's existence and gave Margaret any financial support.) ）

They spent six months of happy time in the countryside. But Margaret actually lived on pawns. When Armand learns the truth, he wants to transfer the property left by his mother to Margaret, but unfortunately is known to Armand's father. Their love is in the greatest crisis.

Armand's father broke away from Armand and met Margaret alone. His father used Armand's future and his sister's marriage to play the emotional card to change Margaret's heart of love. Margaret finally chose to leave Armand to fulfill her lover's future. She also left a letter that misled Armand, making Armand think that she could not let go of her original vain life, that she was an ordinary woman who loved vanity, and that she had betrayed their love.

Margaret returns to Paris and accepts the foolish Count Y who had previously pursued her, and The Count Y pays off her debts and redeems what she pawned, as if everything were back to square one.

Armand returned home sadly and bitterly, and then returned to Paris, where he began to take revenge on Marguerite. Armand deliberately makes the new courtesan a lover of his own, and shows affection with her to stimulate Margaret. Insult margaret with a banknote trying to get back to her.

Margaret's lung disease, insulted by Armand's blows, grew heavier and heavier, hastening her death.

Armand's father wrote to thank Marguerite for keeping her promise and recognizing her nobility. At the same time, he said that he would let Armand know the truth.

In the last days of her life, Margaret looked forward to Armand's appearance. Until the last moment, Margaret was also calling Out Armand's name.

Armand arrived a few days after Margaret's death, and in the end he had to put camellias in front of Margaret's grave to move her to a better tomb.

Margaret's famous remark was the climax of her masochistic love:

"Except that your insult is evidence that you have always loved me, I seem to feel that the more you torture me, the day you know the truth, the more noble I will appear in your eyes." 」

Margaret is actually a woman who has overdrawn her life for love, and she still feels happy until she dies, and still feels that this life is worth it.

Finally, I would like to say:

Although Margaret's love is touching, her concept of love is really not worth learning from modern women.

The times are progressing, and we should now understand: first make a living (economic independence) and then seek love, and love others first.