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Stills: Jane Austen in Writing
Author: Sweet Foam
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The film "Becoming Jane Austen" was released in 2007 and tells the story of a long-lasting love affair with British writer Jane Austen. At the age of 20, Austin fell in love with a handsome young trainee lawyer, Tom Lefroy, and they fell in love. Unfortunately, they were all from poor families, Austin's parents wanted her to marry the nephew of the nobleman, and the Lefroy family forced him to marry the daughter of the rich family. The two were forced to break up and have since parted ways.
Jane Austen's most famous novel, Pride and Prejudice, has been featured on the screen many times and has flourished for more than 200 years. What we didn't expect, however, was that Austin's own love story was far more legendary than her fictional novels.
Stills: Austin and Le Floy
Continuation preface: After the loss of love, Austen spent all his thoughts and energy on literary creation, and wrote classic novels such as "Pride and Prejudice", "Reason and Emotion", and "Emma".
For love, Austin has a sincere heart, and after Lefroy's breakup, she never met a man who moved her. For Austin, a marriage without love is intolerable. She did not settle, did not make it up, and chose not to marry for life.
Austen's rebellious courage and determination are unusual even today. Her persistence and persistence in love, her restraint and letting go of love, two opposing and unified thoughts, are thought-provoking and thought-provoking.
In Austin's time, girls in general were eager to change their lives and those of their families through marriage. Finding a rich husband is the girl's biggest goal in life. Whether you are learning skills such as piano, dancing, embroidery, or receiving an education, you are preparing for the future to climb the ladder.
This practical and utilitarian view of marriage was the mainstream concept of society at that time, and no one felt that there was anything wrong with it. Marrying because of love will only attract criticism and ridicule from others. Austin, however, is a different kind of firework. Every step of her life's choices follow her heart, she is not bound by dogma, she is not emotionally confused, and she is forever at odds with the world and snobbery. I summarize Austen's view of love as follows:
First, marriage is based on love
Young and beautiful girl, ask you a question: will you marry someone who is very rich but you don't love, or marry someone who has no money but loves deeply?
Even today, many people wrestle with the trade-offs of throwing this issue at marriageable women, but Austin is unusually determined. In her belief, a marriage without love cannot exist. So when her mother persuaded her to marry Wesley, who was about to inherit a large sum of money, when Wesley's aunt coerced Austin, when the sincere and wealthy Mr. Wesley proposed to Austin, she explicitly gave the answer of refusal.
Stills: Austin and Wesley
Second, restraint and letting go are also love
Austin meets his soul mate Lefroy, and after a fierce battle of ideas, they break through the obstacles and finally decide to elope. On the way, Austin stumbled upon a letter. It turned out that the Lefroy family depended on his uncle's protection to live, and once they were combined, it would inevitably anger Lefroy's uncle, and his family would lose its financial resources.
After a brief pause, Austin chose to let go. She didn't want to hurt Lefroy's family or discredit Lefroy.
This is the greatest thing about Austin: she knows that she can give up everything to follow true love, but she does not want to destroy other people's worlds because of her selfishness.
Third, love is not excessive
As long as Austin nods, the affectionate Wesley can return to Austin at any time, they can enter the palace of marriage, Austin and her family, will get better material conditions.
However, Austin is a spiritually clean person. She adopted a rather than indiscriminate attitude towards love. Not to love is not to love, she has a stubborn personality, refuses to settle, and choosing not to marry for life was absolutely shocking at that time.
(1) The attitude of parents affects the child's concept of love
In the film, Austin's view of love is clearly influenced by his father. Father encouraged Austin to say:
"Nothing, such as poverty, can bring the spirit to its knees!"
With the approval of his father, Austin can be more courageous to be himself and stick to the direction of his heart. If in a family, parents instill money in their daughters from an early age as the most important factor in choosing a partner, then the possibility of girls worshiping material things and despising emotions will be greatly increased when they grow up. Material things are important, but if you only value money and don't care about emotions, it is difficult for marriage to be strong.
(2) Love is not everything, and the girl's ultimate destination is herself
After losing love, Austin did not sink, and after determining the goal of "living with a pen", she was fully engrossed and undistracted, and made herself and her family live a better life through writing. Austen is shining in the history of world literature, and some people call it the British "female version of Shakespeare", which shows the high level of his literary achievements.
Stills: Austin with watery eyes
Love is not everything, and losing love does not mean losing everything. The ultimate destination of the girl is herself, and living out her own value is the ultimate goal of life.
(3) Happiness is in your own hands, don't marry because of factors other than love
Don't entrust your happiness to anyone, happiness can only be in your own hands after all. You can't get married because of family expectations, social judgment, and material interests.
I have a friend who is just 30 years old, but her family has been urging marriage for several years, and my friend is overwhelmed, and she feels more and more that not getting married again is not filial piety. Finally, after a blind date, she decided to get married. The man's family conditions and work are good, and he may be a good husband.
However, the days after marriage became a chicken feather, and the husband was indifferent and did not have any love for her. Later, I learned that my husband was only willing to marry her for gambling with his ex-girlfriend. After marriage, the husband and ex-girlfriend are still disconnected.
Stills: Le Floy
My friend was in great pain and washed his face with tears all day. Later, I really couldn't stand it, and in less than half a year, this hasty marriage ended in divorce.
Meeting love, meeting him in that heart, this is a sufficient reason for a girl to get married. You can't go against your heart because of what others think.
Although Austin lived more than 200 years ago, her concept of love is very advanced. Nowadays, love is the foundation of marriage and has become a concept generally recognized by modern people. Love is important, but it is far from everything in life. Whether there is love or not, all girls should live more for themselves.
Portrait of Austin
Finally, let's revisit Austen's deafening words:
"Don't lose yourself in the face of anything, even if it's dogma, even if it's someone else's gaze, even if it's love."
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