The Soul of the Times-Shakespeare and the Anonymous

Loyce 2022-01-09 08:02:42

The content of this movie is about wild history, please remember it. At the same time, what must not be forgotten are Shakespeare's words and the souls of those times condensed into words.

Let's briefly review the plot of the movie: while depicting the power struggle of the British royal family, the whole movie intersperses with the incest past of Elizabeth and Edward, the Earl of Oxford, when he was young. Leaving incest aside, the young Edward is really a super talent, not only handsome but also quite talented in literature, and thus captured the heart of Queen Elizabeth and became Elizabeth's lover. This is more than that, they also gave birth to a son-the Duke of Southampton. In order to stabilize the reign of the young Queen Elizabeth and cover up the scandal, the then Prime Minister Williams Cecil (David Huris Harry Potter fans should be familiar with this actor) advised the Queen to leave the young Edward. And keep this secret of their sons.

But no matter how capricious the power is, it cannot bury the noble soul of Edward Earl of Oxford.

The young queen in the film is different from her twilight years. She is a leader who is very aware of the sentiments of the people (this also illustrates how dangerous it is to be separated from the masses, which will only make the incumbents be blinded by treacherous ministers), and often appears in the grassroots. Watch the stage play among the crowd. There is no shortage of stage plays that expose the darkness of reality and mock the plot of those in power. And the Queen said this: "If the stage play is really sinful, then I hope I will not find salvation until the end of my life." Yes, the young Edward is also such a sharp, passionate and loving person for society. He and the queen can come together because they both have a sincere and warm heart, not as cruel and cruel as the family of Cecil, the chief assistant.

The elderly Edward saw through the struggles of the royal family and the sufferings of the people. He has written many stage scripts, but he has never found a chance to publish them. The enthusiasm in his heart, the good and bad things in society that he thinks have been suppressed. Until the occasional success of a performance, he was reinvigorated and supported a rookie playwright named Ben Jonson behind the scenes to continuously commercialize his script. Slowly, Edward's script became Shakespeare's script, and Edward tried to use the power of words to reawaken the insight of Queen Elizabeth when she was young. This is a bit similar to launching a propaganda war to encourage people to admonish the Queen, but at this time, Ben Jonson was unbalanced in his heart or drunk, and stupidly went to inform, was framed by Cecil Cecil designed by those loyal Generals.

Finally, Edward forgave Ben Jonson, who betrayed them, because he knew that Ben’s soul was still clean. Even if he did something wrong and killed so many people, he was still trustworthy. So before leaving, all the scripts, including the new "King Lear", were handed over to Ben Jonson.

Seeing Edward's noble soul live so strenuously, I feel really heartbroken. Just like the same sentence-the right way in the world is the vicissitudes of life. It's really not easy to stick to the right thing. In fact, no matter what this period of history is, Shakespeare's plays also reflect the various aspects of that era. As long as we still have Shakespeare's words in our memory, then we will always remember the noble soul of that era.

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  • Eldridge 2022-03-29 09:01:06

    It all depends on the clothes and the composition of the picture

  • Osbaldo 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    A product of Shakespeare's "skeptical" identity, he believes that the entire script was written by Edward Weir, Earl of Oxford, who was the illegitimate son and lover of Elizabeth I. The plot seems to be very "dog blood", but there is also some historical evidence. The whole film is well-made, the actors are excellent, and it is worth watching. Compared with Shakespeare's movie "It's All True" that I watched a few days ago, I am more willing to believe the speculation of this film. We directors, like playwrights, have always cherished works of art as their own children. Why didn't the old Shakespeare leave any last words or writings on his main "children" in his life? How come the manuscripts of so many masterpieces are not left? Such a brilliant masterpiece is completely inconsistent with his origin, family, and educational background? The drama series was only published by others 10 years after his death, which is indeed full of doubts! Knowing that Shakespeare's authorship has been debated for a long time, there are not many skeptical supporters. Even if the author is him, there should be an explanation for these anomalies. Continue to read books and movies on both sides as a "deep reading", which is also a joy in old age and during epidemics!

Anonymous quotes

  • Young Earl of Oxford: [after sword gets knocked into young Robert Cecil's chess game] You were losing anyway.

    Boy Robert Cecil: [had been playing alone] I was also winning!

    Young Earl of Oxford: [tosses a piece back at Robert, who misses it] Really?

  • Ben Jonson: You are the soul of the age... Undeniable perfection that plagued my soul.