belief

Shane 2022-03-22 09:03:00

All afternoon, the lingering red "A" word lingered in front of my eyes!

The confusion about the "scarlet letter" in front of me is far less than the story of this story in my heart!

"Red Forbidden Love" is an adaptation of the most representative novel "The Scarlet Letter" by Hawthorne, the most influential American romantic novelist and psychological novelist in the 19th century!

I read this novel a while ago, but it's been a long time ago and my memory is blurry. When I read "The Scarlet Letter", I should still be an ignorant, ignorant child. I should have no understanding of the historical background mentioned in the novel, the complex inner portrayal of the characters, and the destruction of human nature by religion... I only know that it is a famous book about love. I only know that there are heart-wrenching griefs, heartaches, and tragic endings. I use tears as a catharsis of the words to prove that I have read it and integrated it into the story. , this is my cognition and perception of this novel at that time!

After watching the movie "Red Forbidden Love", those fragments of memory that have been erased from the original book are pieced together in my brain, as if it were going on: a jigsaw puzzle of words on the movie screen! Only the red, eye-catching, big, and beautiful word "A" representing the word "Adultery" made me wonder where I wanted to put it? If I were on the show, if I were Demi Moore, if I were Hester Prynne, if I wasn't a devil created by Satan, if I were a man created by God...I would have no hesitation It is worn at the heart! That's a sign of faith! When we can't get rid of the troubles and pains brought by disease, poverty, and wealth, we rely not on the strength of wisdom, but the guidance of faith. It will lead us to break through all the spells, witchcraft, evil thoughts, sins shrouded in our bodies...

The original novel has always existed for the soul of the characters "inheriting original sin, fatalism, hell, once it enters human life, there is no way to escape. "This is a slightly melancholy, slightly desolate taste. This made Hester Prynne's appearance appear petite and weak. And Demi Moore, who plays the heroine in the movie, has a slightly stronger appearance than the original! But they also have firm eyes, resolute mouths, arrogant chins, unyielding necks...

Perhaps, this is only due to the fact that the author of the novel and the director of the film are in different historical periods, and the understanding of the story is also very different. This is the progress of human beings, the liberation of human nature, the belonging of the soul, and the promotion of human rights! Due to the historical age of the author Hawthorne, he believes that love is great, given by God, and inviolable, but at the same time, he believes that adultery is sinful, condemned and despised by others. Even during the reign of the Pope, love and doctrine were inextricably linked, and there was always a quagmire that could not be filled with humanity and purity. Hester Prynne, who dared to challenge love and pursued love, fell into the quagmire! The background of the film director's era puts love first in human nature, which makes Hester endow with a firm, unshakable, and unswerving belief in love. Although she was found guilty by the ruler, she was innocent, pure and kind, wearing a striking red "A", she was like a wonderful flower among the Puritans, blooming abnormally, leading a menacing and unstoppable light with love. Make her firm belief in love keep rising! This is the confusion of Hester in the novel; the difference that Hester's firmness in the film brings to readers and audiences!

It is God who loves because of love, and people who love because of being loved!

The suffering of human beings is that they cannot place their souls well in the roles they play! Kind people are always wandering, wandering, hesitating, and hesitating between humans and gods...

Love is a kind of faith, a religion. Although you can't worship it, you should at least believe in it. Romance is not the same as love, but it can make love sublime, it is a taste and feeling!

Only a person who is paranoid about love will have faith in her heart!

Hester's belief, perhaps, stemmed from a morbid paranoia, a paranoid fusion of romance into love! Persistently carry out the love to the end!

P.S.:

I'm a bit paranoid; I like paranoid people!

Intel founder, former president and CEO Andy Grove famously said: Only the paranoid survive. This sentence and his famous autobiography of the same name published in 1996 have been greatly appreciated by business people at home and abroad for 10 years.

Articulation:

What Is Paranoia?

Paranoia is a rare psychotic disorder characterized clinically by slowly developing systematic but firm delusions, with a long course and poor prognosis.
The etiology of paranoia is unknown, and it is related to the following factors: (1) Genetic predisposition; (2) Special personality defects, manifested as subjective, stubborn, sensitive, suspicious, irritable, self-esteem, self-centered, pretentious, self-evaluated, good Fantasy, etc.; ③ mental factors induced.
The mechanism of paranoia, according to Pavlov's opinion, paranoia occurs in people who are strong and unstoppable. The nervous system of such people has the characteristics of insufficient inhibition process and dominant excitation process. When they are frustrated, the excitatory process of the nervous system is overstretched, and a pathologically inert excitatory focus is formed in the cerebral cortex. This "isolated focus" is associated with an abnormally strong emotional experience and intention, and due to its abnormally strong excitability , through the negative induction mechanism, there is extensive inhibition around it, blocking the influence of other parts of the cerebral cortex on it, so the patient lacks control over his own state.
The clinical manifestations of paranoia begin with delusions of persecution, and delusions of grandeur may appear later. These two kinds of delusions can affect each other and become cause and effect. Patients often feel pretentious, talented, and energetic, and gradually develop to the point of being an "inventor", "musician", "prophet", etc., so others will feel jealous and persecute them.
The paranoid personality is generally complete and has no decline. If the patient conceals the content of the delusion, it is no different from the normal person, and the disease will never appear hallucinations.
Paranoia has unique clinical features, and the diagnosis is not difficult, but it must be differentiated from paranoid schizophrenia, paranoid state, and paranoid pathological personality.
Regarding the treatment of paranoia, there is currently no effective treatment method, and symptomatic treatment can be given when the patient has symptoms of impulsive excitement. The disease can not be cured for many years. In old age, delusional ideas can gradually calm down with frailty and old age, but the patient will not decline from beginning to end.

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  • Emery 2022-04-21 09:03:47

    No wonder the popularity of this film is so low, it changed Hawthorne's classics into popular romances, and added a bunch of pornographic scenes... Gary Oldman had already filmed Leon's mental illness back then, and he looks good in this film The charm is still the same, but the script is too poor and even acting alone cannot save the film. The exquisite inner drama in the original book was not interpreted at all, and the elements that were tried to be added were not successful, and the classics were destroyed with commercial temperament.

  • Crawford 2022-04-24 07:01:25

    I don't really have any impression of this movie, but the scene where the teacher told us the three meanings of "A" is still lingering in my mind~

The Scarlet Letter quotes

  • Hester Prynne: I have dreamed of speaking my heart, I have prayed for it even as I have dreaded it. Was I alive before I laid eyes on thee?

  • Dr. Roger Prynne: Has this new land turned thee into a heathen?