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The Lady of the Camellias
Publisher: Xi’an World Publishing Corporation
It was published in China in 2010
Genre: fiction
Number of pages: 205
Cla: English 10 jianame: jennynumber: 1091510103
“The Lady of the Camellias” is a French tragic novel written by Alexandre Dumas(the younger).And it was soon adapted into play by Francesco Maria Piave.The play was adapted for the theater by Dumas in 1852 and then for the opera by the composer Verdi's 'La Traviata' in 1853.The play became a favorite of audiences in the late 19th century.According to the book, this report can be divided into three parts.First, it gives some introduction of the story.Second, it tells my own opinions.And last, it will give a brief conclusion and show my best wishes.The story is set in Paris during the mid 1800's.The lead heroine is Marguerite Gautier, a young beautiful courtesan who is a “kept woman” by counts and dukes--men of “Fashionable Society”.She meets a young middle cla lover Armand Duval who does the unpardonable thing of falling jealously in love with her.In her fragile physical state(Marguerite has tuberculosis which we learn later)she moves to the country.There in her new house, a confrontation between the jealous Armand and her rich admirers and “benefactors” takes place.Then Armand becomes depreed, his career seems doomed by the intolerance of French society, and knowing he will never be able to support Marguerite to the level she deserves.Unbeknownst to Armand, his father comes to plead for her to leave Armand to save both his son's reputation and that of his younger innocent sister--whom is also tainted by the scandal.To prove her love, she agrees and leaves Armand.Time paes.The two accidentally meet again in public.Marguerite is now in the company of another beautiful courtesan and Armand begins “paying court” not with her but with her friend trying to strike back at Marguerite out of his own sense of hurt.Deathly ill, Marguerite visits Armand one last time to plead that he stops humiliating her.But Marguerite is haunted by guilt that she can only harm Armand and remembering her promise to his father--she abandons him yet again as he sleeps.Armand is incensed when he wakes.Finding Marguerite at a grand ball with all society around, he approaches her and hands her an envelope stuffed full of money – "Here!Payment for your services.” She collapses as he walks out.Abandoned by all her friends from the humiliation of Armand act, exposed publicly for what she really is, she dies pennile, painfully and alone.In prologue, Armand is given Marguerite's diary in which he finally learns of her illne and her undying love for him along with the extent of anguish that he caused.After my first reading ,as far as the other characters in the book, I think Marguerite was right in saying that no one truly cared about her, but only wanted something from her, the only exceptions being Armand and Julie Duprat.Of course, the Comte de G.and Comte de N.wanted her body and appearance.The Duke needed to “wake up and smell the coffee” and realize that she could never replace his dead daughter.If he truly cared, he could have helped her leave her lifestyle without “keeping” her himself.And lastly, Prudence was a blood-sucking leech who used Marguerite almost worse than the men.I also think she was jealous of the fact that Marguerite had
so much more courage than herself and someone truly loved her.But when I read the book carefully in the second reading, I just pay all my attention on the source of Marguerite’s tragic fate.The source of Marguerite’s tragic fate is her natural goodne, the pursuit of pure love and her struggle against the fate.Marguerite lived in a squalid condition and suffered from the inhuman treatment, but she kept a good heart and life ideal.Though she had a humble origin, she could resolutely refuse cantankerous men, which shows her noble self-esteem.The lady of the camellias was single-minded in love.She also had a romantic time with Armand, however, her favorite man misunderstood her.She was born because of the affection and died for it too.She sacrificed herself to maintain her dignity and love.Her tragedy revealed the social corruption and darkne.Her fate is more worthy of pondering than sympathizing.It was the sin of society to force her to up the wall, and her death was a resistance of the society.Camille is just like the camellia, she could never escape from the destiny of withering.But it wasn’t her fault;it’s because of the evil of Capitalism and the hideousne of that society.Just like Marguerite, there are many pretty women characters in the books.After we read them, we can find that it seems that beautiful women always have tragic endings.But there is no denying that their divine souls shock everyone.Those pretty women are like those beautiful flowers;their delicate beauty makes people feel they are the miracle of life.Although they had tragic endings, their natural goodne, the pursuit of pure love and struggle against the fate inspire a generation of women and give confidence to the women in the later women’s liberation movement
Marguerite had a short, tragic life, but her goodne and pure soul depre people all over the world.Hope Marguerite would become a Camellia in her next life and those pretty women could live in people’s heart forever.938words
