"Apart from the fact 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."
This sentence full of entanglements and contradictions comes from a pair of lovers who are like-minded,
Due to misunderstanding, they hurt each other all their lives, loved and killed each other, the last incense disappeared, one regretted for life, and finally failed to come together.
But because of love, although they are separated from each other, they cannot forget each other in death
Hello everyone, today I bring you Dumas's work "La Traviata", which tells you about a love that was missed due to misunderstanding
Author: Dumas Jr
La Traviata's name is Margaret, a title derived from her love of camellias
There are thirty days a month, Margaret wears white camellias for twenty-five days, black camellias for five days, except for camellias, no one has ever seen her wear anything else, so month and month, so every year,
Thus, Margaret got the nickname "La Traviata"
In Paris, La Traviata is extremely famous, and whenever a new play is staged, Margaret either participates as a guest or watches the play as an audience.
Whenever she goes out, Margaret must sit on a well-dressed luxury carriage, wearing a long dress in the summer and a thick and warm fur dress in the winter.
The moment she descends from the car, she looks like a pure white camellia flower and a swaying black camellia flower, so the number of people pursuing her is innumerable
As the most famous socialite in Paris, Margaret lived extravagantly and profligately, often spending thousands of dollars for flashy things to fill her face.
Because of this, she not only owes a huge debt herself, but also the lovers around her are also bankrupt.
Now only a very wealthy old count remained to support her, because Margaret looked exactly like the old count's sick daughter
One day, the young Armand bumped into her at the door of a boutique fashion store that Margaret frequented.
At that time, Margaret, wearing an Italian straw hat and a white lace long skirt, looked simple and elegant, and the people around her were praising,
Armand was also dumbfounded, he had never seen a girl who could put on such a simple outfit and wear a noble classical,
Immediately as if pinned to the ground, he could not move, and he watched infatuatedly as the girl in the window bought something, and reluctantly watched the girl leave in a four-wheeled carriage.
It wasn't until the figure disappeared from sight that Armand asked the guy in the shop for the girl's name: Margaret
A few days later, Armand went to the theater with a few friends, and a friend named Gaston knew Margaret, and Armand immediately begged Gaston to introduce him to him
When he saw Margaret, Armand was nervous like a stupid boy who had never seen the world.
He was also teased by Margaret, but his sincere and straightforward words left a deep impression on Margaret
Soon, Margaret suffered from severe tuberculosis due to years of socializing and excessive indulgence.
It turned out that the lovers who had been pestering her day by day chose to leave one by one, but fortunately, the old count's support at any cost made Margaret not without money to see a doctor in the absence of business for more than a year
Despite this, when she recovered and returned to Paris again, she still had a lot of debts.
In order for the lavish life to continue, Margaret had to follow the rules of surveillance and regular visits laid down by the old count to obtain financial assistance from the other side.
Even so, she was still stretched, so Margaret accepted the occasional visit from count N against her will, only because the other party was generous
One night, also with his friend Gaston, Armand met Margaret, who had just recovered from illness, in the old count's box in the theater.
"Even though she wears a veil, I don't have to look at her to recognize her, but even so, when I know it's her, I can't suppress the wild beating of my heart, as if the consequences of the two years of separation and parting, as long as I touch her clothes, it will disappear in an instant.".
At this time, she was sitting alone in the big box, with the pain of being attacked by the disease on her face, and the corners of her mouth did not have the smile of indifference.
Although it is already April, she is still wearing a cotton coat for winter
Armand felt sorry for her, so he took advantage of the old count's time to buy candy for Margaret, and followed Margaret's girlfriend Brudans into her box.
At Gaston's suggestion, they agreed to visit Margaret in the evening
That night, Gaston introduced Armand again, and Margaret remembered the scene when they first met, Armand was teased by himself, and immediately had a good feeling for him.
Margaret immediately cheered, and her body regained the charming brilliance that the Traviata had
Armand felt:
"In this woman, there is still a pure character, and it can be seen that she has maintained her inner purity in her debauchery career. From time to time her eyes flashed with longing",
So, on this night, Armand confides in his two years of lovesickness, and Margaret secretly gives him the key to the back door, and they know each other and set an eternal affection
It is such a key that opens a fireworks woman's lifelong unrepentant love,
After experiencing a cold and thin human life, Margaret still chose to believe in this world, and gave her entire life and soul to her beloved Armand
But the most unpentified love in this world usually involves great patience and sacrifice, in which women often play the role of sorrow
After their love for the rest of their lives, Margaret silently planned for herself and Armand's future, and at the same time had to deal with debts and Count N and others.
In order to distinguish between her lover and her lovers who are playing with each other, Margaret refuses to spend a penny more than to let him pay for the small expenses of the two of them going out together.
He even pushed aside the lavish parisian party for Armand, and went to the countryside with him, intending to rent a big house here and live the simplest life
But the immature young Armand could not fully appreciate Margaret's mood,
Whenever he saw his lover with Count N, he would make a big fuss, suspecting that Margaret only loved vanity and completely denied his sincerity to himself.
Even at the expense of writing a letter to the other party, forcing Margaret to make a final choice,
It wasn't until Margaret sold her carriage, jewelry, and favorite gold silk shawl, intending to use the money to live abroad with him, that Armand quieted down.
True love always has to compromise with each other because it is too selfish
Margaret gave up the habitual life because of love, and kept changing, but the huge debt still made her anxious,
So, Armand, who knew the situation, used the money he earned in the casino to subsidize the daily expenses of the two people.
In order to make the two better love each other, the huge inheritance left by his mother was quietly transferred to Margaret's name, hoping to solve each other's urgent needs
But Armand's move was soon known to his father, Dival, who was a lawyer.
He chased all the way to Paris, and then to the countryside where they were temporarily staying, and after sorting out the causes and consequences of his son's association with Margaret, he began to implement the plan to break them up.
Because persuading his son Armand to leave Marguerite was ineffective, Dival resolutely wrote a letter to Margaret, asking to meet with her alone
Margaret kept her promise and broke up Armand, but dealing with a lawyer father, she was doomed not to win.
Although Margaret was able to come up with bills for all the expenses and prove that she had not spent a penny of the other's son,
However, Dival asked Margaret to leave her son, saying that he was willing to pay a break-up fee for this
In order to prove Margaret's infidelity to love, Dival also specifically talked about Armand's gift of his mother's inheritance to Margaret.
Margaret, though unaware of the affair, was speechless
Next, Dival mentions his daughter, saying that she was marrying a very prestigious family, but because Armand fell in love with a prostitute, the other party disregarded his reputation and dissolved the marriage contract
This tearful old father just wants to tell Margaret that if Margaret and Armand continue to associate, his future will be ruined.
In the face of the harsh reality, Margaret finally tearfully agreed to Dival's request for Armand's future:
From now on, he and Armand were cut off twice
Margaret, with her decision, reconnected with the Count N as soon as the meeting was over in order to make Armand die, and returned to Paris from the countryside.
So, when Armand returned to the countryside where they had lived, there were already empty buildings, and there was no longer a figure of Margaret.
He also braved the heavy rain to return to Paris that night, but did not expect that Margaret had left him and returned to her lovers
Armand was furious, and he felt that Margaret had deceived and betrayed himself,
Therefore, he deliberately humiliated Margaret's friends as lovers, and vented his dissatisfaction by provoking her and retaliating against her in any way he could think of
But each time, Margaret did not argue, but silently handed over her body and mind to Armand, who was once again in sickness, and endured his complaints
No one can be indifferent to the sudden proclamation of a lifetime of love, and so is Armand,
His madness is another manifestation of his deep love for Margaret, but Armand has no idea what is really going on in his heart
Soon after, his friends invited him to another city for a business trip, and Armand left Paris without looking back, with resentment towards Margaret
As soon as Armand left, Margaret was terminally ill in the blow of love, and all her lovers were scattered, and only the infatuated Count N was willing to give her final help,
In the remaining days, Margaret was so poor and sick that she had no choice but to lose all her jewelry and clothes.
Because the other properties had been seized by the creditors one by one, waiting for her to go to auction after her death, the only thing she could do now was to write down her love for Armand in a diary and leave it to him
So, when Armand was inexplicably upset and set foot on the land of Paris again, what he got was a diary and the news of Margaret's death.
He was remorseful, but it was too late
Since then, Margaret's grave has been given a bouquet of camellias every day
This bouquet of camellias, which comes from the damp and cold corners of the wall, yearns for the sun more than any bouquet of flowers,
Therefore, it tries a little harder every day, a little harder, but at the moment when it touches the light and the delicate bloom, it is blown off by the ruthless wind and breaks the flower branches, and it falls into the dark corner again.
There are many great loves in this world, they arise from the humble situation in life, withered in the rainstorm of fate,
Finally, foolishly use his own life to achieve an immortal love legend,
Just like this bouquet of camellias, even if the longed for sunshine is within reach, they are afraid of the dark breath on their bodies, which tarnishes the nobility and sacredness of the sun, and are willing to shrink into the corner
Many times, the contradictions and conflicts in life are born of love, so there will often be scenes of love and hate in a person.
Although they cannot achieve complete integration, they are always compatible with each other.
Like Margaret and Armand, they both stubbornly do what they think is right, like two parallel lines that never intersect, neither understood by each other, but also difficult to distinguish between right and wrong.
Their love is complicated, but it is never separated from the fact that behind the act of loving and killing each other, what is hidden is the deep love for each other.
With this love, the embarrassing and humble things that happened between them also became holy and noble
But this holiness and nobility achieved because of misunderstanding, although unforgettable and immortal, sincerely hope to be less,
I only hope that in this world, there can be more tolerance and communication between people, do not let the sigh of the camellia flower caused by suspicion and misunderstanding reappear, and do not let the tragedy caused by love repeat itself.
Because the longing that arises from not being willing to miss is not worthy of envy, and the feelings of mutual understanding and a lifetime should be cherished the most